This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

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

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

The magic's in the hole!

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

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

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

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

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.