An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

The last used bookstore in Downtown San Francisco is one of the smallest bookstores just about anywhere.

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

This historic spot was where America's involvement in the Vietnam War officially came to an end.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

Shoes and revealing shirts are not allowed inside this giant Vietnamese Christ.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

This beautiful spit of land was once the summer playground of the king of Spain.

Stormy conditions send jets of seawater bursting through holes in the cliffs.

A historic Christian shrine nestled within a spectacular natural cave.

These ungulates have quite literally bounced back from the brink of extinction.

A spectacular walk on the flank of a gorge.

This tiny Vietnamese village is known for eating snakes and serving their still-beating hearts in shots of vodka.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

Ha Long Bay's "Cave of Surprises" houses a popular phallic rock formation.

Inside a London bookstore, a fireplace that once belonged to the illustrator responsible for a famous set of tarot cards.