A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

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

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

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

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

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

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

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

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

After public executions took place at this location, attendants would also attend a local horse race.

The remains of an ancient bathhouse sit inside this aptly-named pub.

Semaphore saints, a golden dragon's head, and a stone carved with religious warnings all call this cathedral home.

A Reformation-era fiery figurehead once denoted this location as a print shop.

This sculpture marks the spot where one of the greatest Roman rulers was proclaimed emperor.

An incredibly well-preserved piece of ninth-century Viking poop.

This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.