A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

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

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Traveling collection of amazing automata.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

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

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

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

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

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

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

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

A preserved college lock-up that recalls a clubhouse approach to discipline.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.