Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

This historic roadhouse has many tales to tell of San Francisco's early history.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.

The once and future home of New Zealand's famed Pink and White Terraces.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

This public art is inspired by a local Aboriginal creation story.

A colorful street named for the legendary Australian rock band.

This large lake in Central Australia contains an estimated 600 million tons of salt.

The world's largest flat-topped mountain.

This urban stream flowing underneath Tasmania's capital city is also an unofficial gallery for street artists.

This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.

Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.

It's beautiful, it's haunted and its claim to fame is that it's the oldest existing stone arch bridge in Australia.

A small troop of Japanese macaques live peacefully in the heart of this Tasmanian city.

The once-dying town of Sheffield, Tasmania has reinvented itself as a village of painted wonders.