A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

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

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

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

An unassuming grey box sitting on San Francisco's Pier 17 is a "sky diary" of the coastal city's temperamental weather.

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

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

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

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

Handmade treasures from around the world.