A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

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

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

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

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.