This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

One of California's oldest continually used high schools has an interesting history, both on and off screen.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

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

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.