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

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

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

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

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

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

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

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

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.