An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

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

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

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.