From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

Sporting Brutalist architecture, this school is hidden amid a quiet suburban neighborhood.

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.

The longest burning light bulb in the world.

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

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

If you are looking for a used Russian battery, Chinese Ham Radio or other electronic oddities this Flea Market is a good place to start.

Here, Father Agapius Honcharenko established his homestead, becoming the first nationally conscious Ukrainian to settle in the United States.

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

The first presidential bomb shelter was located in an old vault under the Treasury, connected to the White House via tunnel.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.