Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

A small museum in the Bay of Pigs gives the Cuban perspective on the famously failed U.S. invasion.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

This subterranean disco dance club in a Cuban cave comes with bright lights and a dark legend.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.