Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

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

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

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

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

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

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

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

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

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