Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Abandoned landscape once home to "the world's largest winery."

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

An abandoned convention space that has been left to the homeless and the radical.

An art collective teaching the more fiery, metal-y art forms.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

A small but hugely whimsical theater where marionettes play out the "The Battle of Stalingrad."

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.

At this rare mosque in Tbilisi, Sunni and Shia Muslims pray side by side.

A celebration of once forgotten materials.

A beautifully well-preserved ancient Roman villa.

Beautiful views and Roman-style statues on the Italian coast.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.