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

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

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

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.