A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

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

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Successful artist residence program has filled this ranch with dozens of sculptures over the years.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

Russian researchers who have been excavating ancient squirrel burrows may have brought a 32,000-year-old plant back to life.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

A 360 degree battlefield experience.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.