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

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

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

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

This statue of Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks immortalizes one of the greatest moments in American sports history.

The world's largest floating loon bobs in the lake to kick off an annual festival.

A little-known memorial to servicemen and nurses killed in the line of duty during the First World War.

A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

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This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

A stone face watches over the river.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.