A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The final resting place of one of Hollywood’s most prolific and talented actors is on the grounds of a California Mission.

The site of a popular piano lounge owned by a former world champion boxer is now a place to rent a truck.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

This mysterious series of teeny guerrilla installations sheds a whimsical light on street art in Oakland.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

A fence constructed completely of skis on Monroe Street.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.