Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

Gustave Eiffel's masterpiece until the Eiffel Tower was built.

The oldest trees in Northern Germany.

A Brutalist architectural gem hidden among Skopje’s neoclassical buildings.

In Stone Town, Zanzibar, the city’s culture and history is told through its doors.

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

This unusual sculpture depicts how coins were made when minting was done by hand.

A giant gorilla made of used car tires used to sit sentinel over a Helsinki college campus.

One of the oldest structures in Helsinki is this burrow grave that dates back to the Bronze Age.

This former hospital was once one of the oldest mental health facilities in Europe.

Dedicated to the outnumbered Finnish forces who pushed back Soviet forces during the conflict.

This ten-ton fruit sculpture celebrates the Finland homeland.

This building featuring Brutalist architecture has a rich media production history.

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

No matter how many times this community-run sauna gets destroyed, it always rises from the ashes.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.