An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

The last masonry skyscraper ever built reveals a transitional moment in architectural history.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

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.

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

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

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

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

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

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

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

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

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.