A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

A tribute to the artist and activist who created the rainbow pride flag.

Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

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

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Source for a sizable portion of Egypt's freshwater supply is more than an optical illusion.