A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

A volcanic cone that formed over 600 years ago.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

The oldest house in Glasgow is now a museum dedicated to the city's medieval history.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.