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San Francisco, California

Portals of the Past

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.
Da Nang, Vietnam

Fire-Breathing Dragon Bridge

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

St. Anthony's Chapel

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.
New York, New York

Mmuseumm

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
Fort Bragg, California

International Sea Glass Museum

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.
Spring Green, Wisconsin

House on the Rock

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Cossé-le-Vivien, France

Musee Robert Tatin

A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.
York, England

National Railway Museum York

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.
London, England

Cabaret Mechanical Theatre

Traveling collection of amazing automata.
London, England

Difference Engine #2

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.
Shoreham, New York

Tesla's Wardenclyffe Laboratory

An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.
New York, New York

High Bridge

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
New York, New York

Private Passage

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.
New York, New York

Berlin Wall Section

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
New York, New York

John M. Mossman Lock Collection

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.
New York, New York

Clock Tower Building

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.
New York, New York

Old City Hall Station

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.
New York, New York

Greenwich Locksmith

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.
Richfield, Utah

Pando, the Trembling Giant

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.
Rosamond, California

The Cat House

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.
Fort Bragg, California

Glass Beach

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.
Gilroy, California

Gilroy Gardens

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.
Oakland, California

Mazzariello Labyrinth

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.
San Francisco, California

Secret Tiled Staircase

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.