A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

This rare collection of human deformities displays fetuses with two faces, one eye, and "mermaid" legs.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

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

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

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.