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

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

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Colorful sedimentary rock layers provide opportunities both for hiking and photography.

The lasting remains of the Balloon Section of the British Armed Forces.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

In 1977, wealthy socialite Sandra West was buried wearing an elegant white nightdress while reclining comfortably in her powder-blue 1964 Ferrari.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

An inconspicuous suburban street corner is the site of San Diego's worst air disaster.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

The Grand Canyon’s original airport, which once welcomed pilots like Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh, lies abandoned.

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

People of the Plum Bayou culture built these enormous mounds over 1,000 years ago.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.