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An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.

This unique formation appears as though an asteroid landed on the forest.

Successful artist residence program has filled this ranch with dozens of sculptures over the years.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

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

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

Buried deep in the forest near Limbe, this little-known slave port became the point of no return for 10 percent of enslaved Africans.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.