Palo Alto, California
Gates of Hell Sculpture
Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.
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Palo Alto, California
Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.
Portland, Oregon
The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!
Portland, Oregon
This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.
Portland, Oregon
A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.
San Francisco, California
The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”
San Francisco, California
A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.
San Francisco, California
Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.
San Francisco, California
Only hotel where you can legally launder money.
San Francisco, California
Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.
San Francisco, California
The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco, California
Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.
San Francisco, California
A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.
San Francisco, California
The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.
San Francisco, California
This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.
San Francisco, California
This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.
San Francisco, California
This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.
San Francisco, California
A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.
San Francisco, California
The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
San Francisco, California
Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.
San Francisco, California
Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.