The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

This sailor's boneyard was lost under a parking lot for decades before being rediscovered.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

A playing field for a popular French past time can be found tucked away in a quiet corner of Golden Gate Park.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

Art installations, derelict railcars, and endangered grasshoppers all call this south Berlin park home.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Traversing these canyons, visitors can take in stunning views and glimpses of the region's history.

A vaudeville performer mounted this hollowed-out redwood log onto the chassis of a truck, and toured the country spreading a message of conservation.

Built as a schoolhouse in 1914, this Mission-style building has also served as a dancehall, a library, an Army canteen, and now a cultural museum.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

More than 3,200 cookie jars line the walls and shelves of this little shop and over 1,000 salt and pepper shakers

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

Outside San Francisco lies a small clown cemetery and memorial.

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

A celebration of once forgotten materials.

Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.

An abandoned lighthouse awaits its destiny: being buried under shifting sand.