Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

This diesel train serviced the Brooklyn waterfront for more than three decades.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

Sip a cappuccino in the historic cafe that introduced them to the United States.

How a century-old glass factory in Queens became a concert venue and arts center.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

One of the largest Buddhist communities in the West sits on the site of an old hospital.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."