A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

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

This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

The world’s first stop-motion film was created on the racetrack outside this building.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

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

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

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

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

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

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.