A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

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

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

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

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.