Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

A giant baby floats in the middle of Singapore’s nature park.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

At night, this glittering musical tunnel draws skaters and photographers.

Anyone can control this glittery light installation with just a phone call.

Three plaques mark the spot where the "forgotten father of broadcasting" worked.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

The largest pool at its elevation sits on top of one of the most expensive resorts in the world.

This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.

Founded in 1873 to support the needs of the gold mines flourishing nearby, this is the last water-powered foundry in the United States.

His discovery kicked off the Gold Rush. One of the hands on this commemorative statue points to the spot where he found the precious metal.

This 19th century hydroelectric powerhouse was the first of its kind.

This former boomtown "island" is now submerged below Folsom Lake.

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