Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

A small part of lower Manhattan is actually made from a bit of England.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

The largest statue in the world towers at 420 feet high atop another 66 feet of pedestal.

Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.

The field of tiny caves that mark this Chinese cliffside are each their own historic Buddhist temple.

A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

Where better to stay the night than inside a trio of ancient Chinese deities representing "the good life."

China’s breathtaking futuristic library is lined floor to ceiling with fake books.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.