Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

This solitary gravestone is separated from the rest in Appleton, explaining why local legends continue to surround it.

A celebration of once forgotten materials.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

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

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

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

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

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.