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

Hidden in the garden of physicist Erwin Schrödinger's house is a life-size figure of a cat from his famous thought experiment.

Though it may look like a businessman's lost luggage, this case suspended under a highway bridge is actually a contemporary art installation.

This massive boulder was hurled into a Zurich church when a gunpowder depot was struck by lightning in 1652.

This colossal couch is an unlikely monument to Europe's first female Doctor of Law.

This eclectic architectural gem played witness to Zurich’s colonial past.

This charming fountain honors Felix Salten, the creator of the iconic storybook deer.

See the rare bloom of the "Queen of the Night" cactus at one of the world's largest succulent collections.

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.

A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.

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

This small Japanese street is lined with figures, sculptures and a shrine dedicated to frogs.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

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

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

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

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 4,101 feet.