Roosevelt, Arizona
Tonto National Monument Upper Cliff Dwelling
This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.
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Roosevelt, Arizona
This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.
Scottsdale, Arizona
Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.
Chandler, Arizona
A $100,000 tumbleweed decorates an Arizona park and ride that got its priorities a bit tangled.
Tucson, Arizona
The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.
Tucson, Arizona
One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.
Tucson, Arizona
Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.
Tucson, Arizona
This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.
Palo Alto, California
A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.
Los Altos, California
The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.
Point Arena, California
The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.
Inverness, California
The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.
Marshall, California
Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.
San Francisco, California
A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.
Berkeley, California
Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.
San Jose, California
The oldest house in the capital of Silicon Valley.
San Jose, California
A lonely monument to the original Silicon Valley tech campus.
Sausalito, California
A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.
San Francisco, California
The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco, California
Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.
San Francisco, California
A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.
San Francisco, California
The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.
San Francisco, California
A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.
Seattle, Washington
An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.