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The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.

These boots are made for selfies.

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

A statue based on a tragic Japanese nursery rhyme, commemorating San Diego's sisterhood with Yokohama.

The Gaslamp District's oldest bar sports a urinal marked with a golden plaque that was allegedly used by Mick Jagger.

In September 1974, a small group of athletes completed the first modern triathlon event in San Diego's Mission Bay.

These two K-9 memorials commemorate the sister cities of Edinburgh and San Diego.

A mosaic map made of over 100,000 tiles depicts the geological features and sea creatures that live along this San Diego beachside community.

At this local mall, visitors are ushered through a 1940s jail exhibit.

A secluded hilltop monument marks the final resting place of Lucy, Presidio Park's beloved white deer.

The Yiddish language stages a renaissance in a shtetl-inspired cultural center on the San Diego coast.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

This historic Chinese church was relocated and revived as a museum that preserves and celebrates Chinese art, history, and culture.

A futuristic-looking beach house built for the owner of a snack food brand.

The oldest standing structure in downtown San Diego.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

Get fishing gear and craft beer at this restaurant on the pier.

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

This rural roadside cross marks the farthest point of Coronado's expedition, and the place where the Catholic faith first came to America.

This bridge later moonlighted as a local jail.

An Iron Age hillfort rooted in Arthurian legend was made famous by musician Peter Gabriel.