The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

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

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

Overshadowed by the theme park opposite it, this small museum explores a major moment in American history.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

This concrete amphitheater offers an unforgettable view of one of Mexico's most beautiful canyons.

This door in the old residential area of Guadalajara hides several communist motifs.

This singular Mexican structure is considered a masterpiece of the Tapatía architectural school.

One of the oldest hospitals in the Americas is now decorated in hallucinatory murals.

Inside one of Guadalajara's oldest houses, you can find puppets and foam models of the city's missing buildings.

A beautiful and controversial modern sculpture that alludes to the Aztec past identity of the Virgin of Guadalupe and the phenomenon of syncretism.

This historic cemetery built for victims of the epidemics that swept Guadalajara is shrouded in macabre tales.

For decades, the parade of apostles that left the Expiatory Temple of Guadalajara remained hidden inside one of the towers.