This plaque marks a place where one of Hollywood’s most famous dancers got his start.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

A modern frieze of ancient Grecian mythological figures playing a national pastime.

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

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

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

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.