Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

Take a stroll through the hellish grotesques of Hieronymus Bosch in this elaborate Netherlands church.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

Once a purveyor of Santeria supplies, religious products , and household sundries, now closed.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

The magic's in the hole!

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

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

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.