This railway-turned-greenway provides a pedestrian link in downtown Detroit and celebrates urban artwork.

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

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

These grassy undulations on a stretch of University of Michigan campus aren't bad landscaping, they're art.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

A Berkeley sidewalk etched with 128 cast-iron poems.

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

This amazing example of Valencian Art Nouveau looks more like a cathedral than a public market.

Walk into an underground archeological dig, the site of the Roman Forum that was once the center of Valencia.

Amphibious mascots display a quirkier side to this luxury hotel's rich history.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

Built for the 1962 World Cup, this fully functioning botanical clock is still ticking.

It's just another skyscraper, but it's shaped like '90s cell phone.

This sculpture meant to honor the bravery of the Indigenous Mapuche people of Chile proved controversial.

Pablo Neruda's custom-built lover's nest was made to remind him of the sea and named after his mistress' hair.

Thousands of people walk over this fantastic work of art every day, but how many notice it?

The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

A comprehensive archive of Hallmark Holiday ornaments.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.