One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Sitting atop San Francisco's tallest hill, a cross honors the victims of the Armenian genocide.

The longest continuously operating Elk's Lodge in the country.

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.