This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

A celebration of once forgotten materials.

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

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.