Thousands of costumed dolls fill one of the world's creepiest museums.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

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

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

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

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

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.