This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

Reverend Franzo Wayne King administers spiritual enlightenment through the music of the jazz legend.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

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

A tribute to the artist and activist who created the rainbow pride flag.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

More than 450 years ago, an Italian nun became the first woman to paint the iconic subject.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

A plaque on the base of this statue holds a bewitching design.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

A land of debatable treasure.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

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