A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

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

Anyone can control this glittery light installation with just a phone call.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

This massive statue of John Muir on the side of a California highway was carved from a redwood tree.