The world's largest floating loon bobs in the lake to kick off an annual festival.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

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.

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

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.