A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

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

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

This sailor's boneyard was lost under a parking lot for decades before being rediscovered.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Under the shadow of its towering parent tree, a rare specimen of sequoia produces ghostly white leaves.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

This landmark building is now a vibrant performing arts space with musical acts from around the world.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.