Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

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

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.