Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver’s oldest watering holes.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

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

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

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

A Romanesque sanctuary of calm amid the bustle of downtown Los Angeles.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

The sprawling attraction boasts a collection of more than 150 historic wagons.

Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.

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

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

A focal point of in Denver’s skyline for over a century, inspired by a Venetian basilica.