Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

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

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.