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

One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

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

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

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

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

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

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

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

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

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

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

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

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

A hunk of prehistoric lava rests amid the Gothic architecture of a campus quad.

Manchester salvaged this sculpture of the adopted Mancunian when it was no longer wanted in Ukraine.