America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

A student driver's nightmare.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

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

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

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.

This aging storage facility is the world's largest brick warehouse.

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.