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

A modern frieze of ancient Grecian mythological figures playing a national pastime.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

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

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.

This oddity shop contains everything from antique tools to a human skeleton.

This open-air mosaic gallery honoring an English artist took hundreds of volunteers more than seven years to create.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

This unique graffiti art from the 1940s has become a staple of this local landscape in the remote California desert.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.

The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.