Baltimore, Maryland
Phoenix Shot Tower
Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.
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Baltimore, Maryland
Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.
Baltimore, Maryland
A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.
Baltimore, Maryland
This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.
Baltimore, Maryland
A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.
Baltimore, Maryland
A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.
Baltimore, Maryland
Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.
San Francisco, California
An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.
San Francisco, California
The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.
San Francisco, California
The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.
San Francisco, California
Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.
San Francisco, California
Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco, California
A playing field for a popular French past time can be found tucked away in a quiet corner of Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.
San Francisco, California
Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.
San Francisco, California
The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco, California
Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.
Hillsborough, California
A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.
Port Costa, California
Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.
Port Costa, California
A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.
Crockett, California
Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.
Vallejo, California
The oldest Naval cemetery on the West Coast.
Vallejo, California
The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.
Vallejo, California
The perfect spot for a picnic, right next to a giant ballistic missile.