This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.

Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

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

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.

Sitting atop San Francisco's tallest hill, a cross honors the victims of the Armenian genocide.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

This magnificent mausoleum is as much a work of art as it is a historic resting place.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

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