An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

Antiques by the Bay.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

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

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This tourist village in Nairobi celebrates the traditional lifestyles and customs of Kenyan tribes.

Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

This rocky spread has been squeezed up directly from the bowels of the earth.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

Russian Orthodox church built on an Antarctic island.