Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

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

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

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

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

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

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

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.