The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

This sculpture presents commentary on a life in pursuit of profits.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

In the middle of a Vienna square, Roman ruins dating back some 2,000 years are on display.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

A beautiful memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a burgeoning city.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

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

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

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