A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

Successful artist residence program has filled this ranch with dozens of sculptures over the years.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

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

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

The magic's in the hole!

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

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

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

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

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

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

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

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.