A church made of steel.

This iconic clock tower is the largest in the Philippines.

This holy site either displays a centuries-old cross or a complete fake.

A small statue of child Jesus given by Magellan in 1521

A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

The oldest natural history museum in western Canada houses more than 5,000 vintage botanical and zoological specimens.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

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

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

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

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

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

This old-world mansion with lush gardens is a gem in the heart of Silicon Valley.

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

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

A lonely monument to the original Silicon Valley tech campus.

One of the largest Marian shrines on the West Coast stands rather unexpectedly in Silicon Valley.

This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.