The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

Narrowest house in Boston.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

Sitting atop San Francisco's tallest hill, a cross honors the victims of the Armenian genocide.

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

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

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

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

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.