An oversized, oddly designed pedestrian overpass has drawn comparisons to a commode for pachyderms.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

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

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

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

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

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

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

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

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

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

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