The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

This old-world mansion with lush gardens is a gem in the heart of Silicon Valley.

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

A modern frieze of ancient Grecian mythological figures playing a national pastime.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

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

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

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

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

The grotto where Saint Ignatius of Loyola lived as a hermit for nearly a year.

Art becomes an enchanting part of the environment at this wooded sculpture park.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.