San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

This massive redwood tree has stood in Northern California for nearly 2,000 years.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

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

A charming little museum founded by the designer of the Statue of Liberty.

The birthplace of the builder of the Statue of Liberty is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

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

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

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

An astounding collection of taxidermy, fossils, skeletons, and even a few strange live beasts.