A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

The United States' first transcontinental automobile road came to its end at this spot in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

Overflowing with shipping containers, this location has been transformed into a massive workspace for artists.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

A four paneled, brightly multicolored mosaic adorns the side of this popular grocery store.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.

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

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.

Follow lines from a W.B. Yeats poem through interconnecting gardens designed to appeal to each of your senses.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

This lighthouse has been guiding shipping into the Golden Gate since before the American Civil War.

A 13th-century convent where St. Margaret of Hungary spent her teenage years.

On a teardrop-shaped island in the Danube, the ruins of a convent and the final resting place of a saint.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.