'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.