An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

Russian history in San Francisco.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

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

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

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

This sidewalk monument honors more than 50 civil rights activists who helped change the face of America.

This creative sculpture was a way to "recycle" an old tree.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

This historic crypt was said to have been designed and built by the very person who is buried inside of it.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

This historic headstone is said to mark the final resting place of a doubly-dead white witch.

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.