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

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

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

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

The soulless eyes of 82 bronze children stare on forever in remembrance of a horrifying World War II massacre.

Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.