A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

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

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.

This gorgeous space is England's largest independent library outside of London.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

The accidental discovery of this gilt bronze head led archaeologists to find the Roman Baths in the city of Bath

These carved, weathered stones once gave mail carriers and pub goers a leg up.

This sculpture commemorates a naturalist and an illustrator whose work was a forerunner to modern field guides.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.