Overflowing with shipping containers, this location has been transformed into a massive workspace for artists.

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

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

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

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Built in 1899, this luxurious home was part of one of the first gated communities in Los Angeles.

Perched high atop telephone poles is an uncanny outdoor art gallery that greets passersby on their commute.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

This museum is dedicated to the history and design of purses.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

A family-owned store specializing in minerals, geodes, gemstones, and more.

A lingering bit of Space Race nostalgia lies in the middle of the desert.

This fireplace-turned-monument pays tribute to the assassinated U.S. president.

During World War II this was the site of an "honor camp" used as a prison for draft dodgers, Native American conscientious objectors, and Japanese-Americans—including a man who brought his case against the camp to the Supreme Court.

The final resting place of the businessman-turned-astronomer who helped discover Pluto stands near his observatory.

The stone-covered graves lie within the ruins of an Old West ghost town.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

The remote resting place of a notorious Wild West outlaw whose death is shrouded in mystery.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.