What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

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

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

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

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

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

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.