The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

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

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

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

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

This massive statue of John Muir on the side of a California highway was carved from a redwood tree.

This small shack near the entrance to Sequoia National Park has been in almost continuous operation for the last century.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.