This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

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

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

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

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

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

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.