The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

The world's only known button museum.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).

Today's aerospace industry can be traced back to one man and his gliders.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

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

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

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