In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

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

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

Once upon a time these giant concrete tanks were used by local fishermen to clean their wild-caught mussels.

A tiny church remembers the Polish cavalrymen who charged their way into a Napoleonic victory.

The medieval-looking hammer beam teak roof may be a Victorian vanity, but it's still absolutely magnificent.

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

A typographic tribute to the many comedic greats who make Great Britain laugh.

This sculpture is an instrument played by the swell of the seas.

Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.

The oldest known metal-mining site in England dates back to the Bronze Age.

Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.

One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.

This stretch of the River Severn where large waves flow against the current is the birthplace of river surfing.

The former home of a conniving 17th century politician is now a high-end hotel.

A network of hundreds of interconnected wineries in caves hides under the town center.

This beautiful spit of land was once the summer playground of the king of Spain.

There's a strange stone hoodoo towering atop a wooded hillside and no one is quite sure how it got there.

This trail follows unique stone railroad tracks and a historic waterway to the south coast of Devon.

Fascinating exhibits of prehistoric and ancient artifacts displayed with a uniquely modern touch.