A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

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

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

"Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

From mining complex to industrial exhibition, this museum once played a major part in the X-Files.

As you overlook the Howe Sound and the town of Squamish, your breath will be taken away by its beauty or the stairs... probably all the stairs.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

Museum housed in underground tunnels that date back to Buenos Aires's earliest settlements.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

One of the world's southernmost bars.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

This was the second largest mercury mine in the world and one of the oldest preserved mine complexes in Europe.

The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.