Handmade treasures from around the world.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

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

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

The extremely grey columns of one of Mexico City's most iconic beltways are slowly gaining a bit of color.