340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

Recently revamped museum of Fijian history located within a gorgeous colonial-era garden.

The U.S. military dumped millions dollars worth of goods off a beach in Vanuatu, purely to spite the British and French.

This South Pacific volcano has been blowing its stack for over 800 years and is said to be home to a cult leader waiting to be reborn.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

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

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

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

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

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

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.