Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

This large sculpture of white plates and forms is actually a huge sound amplifier.

One of the highest emergency huts in the world has been waiting almost a century to give imperiled climbers a place to lie down.

Medieval irrigation channels built into the sides of mountains provided Valais with water for hundreds of years.

This colorful but controversial ceiling has been likened to a 21st-century Sistine Chapel.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.

These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.

Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.