"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

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

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

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

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

What better place to take a seat?

That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.

The whimsical construction on the roof has given rise to many a Montgomery myth about its contents.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

Auburn's iconic eagle flight goes back to a 19th century eagle that dropped dead on the field after inspiring the football team to victory.

The final resting place of infamous outlaw Clyde and Marvin Barrow.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.