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

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

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

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

High winds can make this one scary landing.

Three rooms of bones, curios, and one artist's collection of natural artifacts create this intriguing museum.

This museum/fur store is devoted to educating guests on how awful opossums can be.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

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

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.