An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

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

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

The site of a popular piano lounge owned by a former world champion boxer is now a place to rent a truck.

A towering bronze statue memorializes the founding father of postwar American conservatism.

This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.

Instead of faces, these sculptures have barcodes—statements on societal dehumanization.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

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