One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

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

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

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

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

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

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

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.