The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

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

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

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

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

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.