Discarded animal sculptures stand forgotten by an abandoned aquarium and water park in Bosque de Chapultepec.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

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

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Years of neglect and nature took a toll on this 19th-century lighthouse.

On a small Puerto Rican island, banks of secret naval bunkers lie abandoned and filled with piles of office equipment.

A magnificent waterfall nestled in the heart of the El Yunque National Forest.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.

A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

"Congress may voluntarily remain in session throughout the summer, in order that our Congressmen may be protected from the intolerable discomforts and dangers of the ordinary outdoor weather!”

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.