This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

A small church in Uppsala hides the grave of a renowned 18th-century astronomer.

This mysterious runestone embedded in a church wall is linked to the medieval cult of Saint Erik.

Ancient burial grounds of the wealthy.

Not quite the cultural gateway between China and Sweden its designer imagined.

An artist's whimsical transformation of everyday objects.

The fastest way to send a message before electricity was invented.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

One of the last surviving buildings of a once large and thriving Chinatown.

A wealth of seafaring history displayed on the California coast.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

A man has revenged his true love's betrayal through tears and stone genitalia.

The Swedish flag over this small naval fort signals that the nation is at peace.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

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

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.