Tucked in the back of a flower shop, its collection details the fascinating history of the Netherlands's iconic symbol.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

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

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

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

An ongoing medieval tradition of communal pig husbandry is honored with a handsome granite sculpture.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.