San Jose, California
The Center of Santa Clara Valley
A mysterious monument covered in a binary code marks the heart of tech.
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San Jose, California
A mysterious monument covered in a binary code marks the heart of tech.
Los Altos, California
The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.
Palo Alto, California
This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.
Pacifica, California
A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.
Pacifica, California
Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.
San Francisco, California
Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.
San Francisco, California
At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.
San Francisco, California
Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.
San Francisco, California
Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Sausalito, California
Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.
Mill Valley, California
Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.
Napa, California
The largest drain hole in the world.
Napa, California
Napa's oldest building is now a Mexican restaurant.
Winters, California
The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.
London, England
At almost 1,000 years old, this is the oldest known door in all of Britain.
London, England
It holds a fabulously designed tribute to astronomer Edmond Halley.
London, England
The "beautiful" equation predicting the movement of all electromagnetic particles is engraved in front of Newton's tomb.
London, England
London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
London, England
This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.
London, England
This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.
London, England
A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
London, England
A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.
London, England
This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.