A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

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