Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

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

This fairytale house on the shore of a Chilean Lake oozes an eclectic mix of Chilote and German Cultural heritage.

The ruins of a pre-Columbian fortress city so secure it held off the Spanish conquistadors for over 20 years.

Spanish religion mixed with local architecture has yielded a network of churches unlike any other.

The rusty hull of this 1899 ship serves as a tribute to explorers of the bottom of the world.

A fantastical group of cliffside stairways, bridges, and twisting paths carved out of stone provide a surreal coastal hike.

This grove of ghostly cedars was killed in 1700 by an enormous tsunami, felt from the United States to Japan.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

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

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

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