In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

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

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

The world's largest wooden structure.

An ancient tower built during Roman times as a lookout post still stands to this day.

Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

The remains of the worst maritime disaster in the history of the "Graveyard of the Pacific."

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.