Oakland, California
16th Street Train Station
A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.
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Oakland, California
The Crucible
An art collective teaching the more fiery, metal-y art forms.
Alameda, California
USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space Museum
After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.
Alameda, California
Naval Air Station Alameda
A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.
Alameda, California
St. George Spirits
One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.
Alameda, California
Pacific Pinball Museum
Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.
Alameda, California
Alameda Spite House
This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.
Oakland, California
Dunsmuir-Hellman Historic Estate
Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.
Oakland, California
Jonestown Memorial
The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.
Berkeley, California
Free Speech Monument
This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.
New York, New York
Grand Central Oyster Bar
This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Ali’iolani Hale
Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.
Melbourne, Australia
La Trobe's Cottage
The former home of Victoria's first Lieutenant-Governor.
Hobart, Australia
Mawson's Huts Replica Museum
The world's only full-size replica of the research hut used by Douglas Mawson for his 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition.
Launceston, Australia
City Park Macaques
A small troop of Japanese macaques live peacefully in the heart of this Tasmanian city.
Launceston, Australia
The Old Umbrella Shop
A historical umbrella shop, whose owner started a craze for locally-made souvenirs.
Petrovaradin, Serbia
'Catacombs' of Petrovaradin Fortress
A maze of underground tunnels beneath one of the most beautiful forts in Serbia.
Petrovaradin, Serbia
Pijani Sat (Drunk Clock)
Backwards hour and minute hands and a timing mechanism that fluctuates with the temperature led to this clock tower's local nickname.
San Luis Obispo, California
Motel Inn
The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.
San Francisco, California
Fior D' Italia
America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.
New Orleans, Louisiana
St. Louis Cathedral
This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.
Banff, Alberta
Grizzly House
Try the alligator at this fondue spot, which has been catering to "lovers and hedonists" since 1967.
Walnut Grove, California
Locke Historic District
The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.
Sutter Creek, California
Knight Foundry
Founded in 1873 to support the needs of the gold mines flourishing nearby, this is the last water-powered foundry in the United States.
