Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.