San Francisco, California
Vermont Street
Lombard Street may be more famous, but this is the real “crookedest street in the world.”
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San Francisco, California
Lombard Street may be more famous, but this is the real “crookedest street in the world.”
San Francisco, California
The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.
San Francisco, California
A miniature view of the park, caught in time.
San Francisco, California
This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.
San Francisco, California
Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.
Paris, France
This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.
Paris, France
This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.
Paris, France
This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.
Paris, France
Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.
Paris, France
The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A quartet of brightly colored mythical beasts stand sentry at this gateway.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This was once a hall in which a 16th-century royal banquet was hosted by King James VI of Scotland.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A rare and unique example of an 18th-century door latch calls this restaurant home.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A rare example of one of the world's first printed books
Edinburgh, Scotland
One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.
Reykjavik, Iceland
A monument dedicated to the civil uprisings that took place during the Pots and Pans Revolution.
Bern, Switzerland
This bunny-eared Moses represents an attempted compromise between two biblical interpretations.
Zermatt, Switzerland
This Swiss cemetery is reserved for people who died in climbing accidents.
Botyre (Ayent), Switzerland
Medieval irrigation channels built into the sides of mountains provided Valais with water for hundreds of years.
Saint-Léonard, Switzerland
The largest underground lake in Europe.
Boudry, Switzerland
This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.