This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.