Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

A quiet marker in memory of local men and women lost in WWI.

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

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

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

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

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

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

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

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

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.