The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

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

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

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.