This striking church was built from a Frank Lloyd Wright design more than a decade after the master architect's death.

Artifacts from a battleship sunk at Pearl Harbor displayed in the Capitol building of its namesake.

A colony of Mexican free-tailed bats live under the bridge and take flight at sundown all summer long.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

The historic building's ornate stained glass fixture has survived the devastating 1906 earthquake, ensuing fires, and multiple redevelopment attempts.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.

This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.

A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

The final resting place of a woman who never gave up on love.

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

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

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

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

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

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.