A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

Montreal's colorful subway station shows its support of the local LGBT+ community.

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

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

This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

From buttons to beads, flounces to fripperies, this textile museum and shop honors the history of needlework.

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

Antiques by the Bay.

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft perfume fragrances.

A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.