Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

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

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

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

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

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

These powerful, if squat, Canadian waterfalls flow in different directions depending on the time of day.

Iconic rock formations that allow for exploration during high or low tide.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

Three buildings constructed of over 25,000 multicolored glass bottles.

Go inside the house that inspired L. M. Montgomery to create one of literature's most beloved heroines.

Rusty red sands line the shores of this Canadian Province.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.