Opened in 1911, this small shop is the oldest ongoing establishment in St. George.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

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.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

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

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.