Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

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

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

One of the largest Marian shrines on the West Coast stands rather unexpectedly in Silicon Valley.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

The gravestone of the suffragist leader attracted extra visitors during the 2016 election.

An antique cemetery in New York, this land is home to any number of famed corpses.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

With well over 130 falls and cascades to brag about, Hamilton, Ontario has earned its stripes as the waterfall capital of the world.

The nude sculpture on this fountain shocked conservative townsfolk when it was first unveiled, but not as much as the dead body found in it decades later.