San Francisco, California
The Wave Organ
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
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San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Luoyang, China
The field of tiny caves that mark this Chinese cliffside are each their own historic Buddhist temple.
San Francisco, California
A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.
San Francisco, California
This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.
San Francisco, California
A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.
San Francisco, California
Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.
San Francisco, California
Russian history in San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.
San Francisco, California
Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.
San Francisco, California
A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.
San Francisco, California
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
San Francisco, California
Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Hanoi, Vietnam
A French-Colonial era collection of taxidermy and wet specimens, secreted away in the National University of Hanoi.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Life-sized painted illusions let pedestrians blend in with the street art.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.
Seattle, Washington
Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.
Kingston, New York
The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.
Nyack, New York
Haunted Victorian house that inspired a legendary "Ghostbusters" court ruling.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.
Burlington, Vermont
Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.