An illegally built ramshackle mansion tucked in the middle of Brooklyn is now being turned into condominiums.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

As telephones become more essential and less stylish one historic Brooklyn building remembers the days when they were a grand celebration of communication.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

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

A plaque outside the San Jose airport commemorates the insect's arrival to the West Coast.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.