The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

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

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

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

A defensive structure built during the Hundred Years War has remained useful in one way or another for nearly 700 years.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

The timepiece that exonerated a labor radical accused of a parade bombing that killed ten people.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

The magic's in the hole!

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.