San Francisco, California
The Golden Fire Hydrant
The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.
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San Francisco, California
The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.
San Francisco, California
This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.
San Francisco, California
The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.
San Francisco, California
Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.
San Francisco, California
The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.
San Francisco, California
A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.
Sausalito, California
A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
San Francisco, California
Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.
Brussels, Belgium
A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.
Brussels, Belgium
Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.
Brussels, Belgium
This recently restored crypt was once plagued by liquefying coffins and exploding caskets.
Brussels, Belgium
Head underground and take a tour of the city's working sewer system, and see the underground river Senne, which defined Brussels for centuries before being covered in the 19th century.
Brussels, Belgium
A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.
Berlin, Germany
A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.
Portland, Oregon
The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.
Paris, France
Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.
Paris, France
This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.
London, England
Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.
London, England
A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.