The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

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

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.

The only tennis court that falls under the jurisdiction of the central bank.

The grand marble structure next to the White House is Andrew Carnegie's temple to Pan-American diplomacy.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.