A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

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

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

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

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."