A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

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

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."

In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.