Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

A large instrument played by the wind.

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.