Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

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

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.

Giant jewel-toned statues fill the grounds of this Cambodian Buddhist temple in California.

Sojourn to the past at this residence teeming with 1950s memorabilia.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.

A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.