An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

This emblematic representation is said to bring the students good fortune.

Inside this art museum resides one of Glasgow's most famous musical instruments.

In the depths of Glasgow Cathedral's crypt, one pillar stands out from all others.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

The original span of a high bridge across the deep Crooked River Gorge has been preserved for pedestrian use.

Take a hike to this remote, scenic tea stop in the Canadian Rockies.

The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.