A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

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

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.

The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.

His discovery kicked off the Gold Rush. One of the hands on this commemorative statue points to the spot where he found the precious metal.

This 19th century hydroelectric powerhouse was the first of its kind.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

This former boomtown "island" is now submerged below Folsom Lake.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.