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

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

Legendary pedestrian bridge in the centre of Romanian city Sibiu.

Something's watching you.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

Marvel at the excessive luxury of the ousted Ukrainian president's former estate.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

Largest island in the Baltic Sea experiences such idyllic weather that roses bloom in the middle of December.

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

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.