The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

The second largest reclining Buddha in the world got "lost" for over 120 years.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

Subterranean place of worship in Indonesia.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

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

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

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

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

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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.

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

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

This faded sign to nowhere is a beloved icon in New Zealand.

Home to the unidentified remains of the 1979 Mt. Erebus Disaster.

High winds can make this one scary landing.

This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.