San Francisco, California
Alvord Lake Bridge
An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.
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San Francisco, California
An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.
San Francisco, California
This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.
San Francisco, California
Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.
Humboldt County, California
One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
San Francisco, California
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
Fort Bragg, California
A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Fresno, California
An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.
North St Paul, Minnesota
Admire the art and then buy a raccoon skull cleaned by flesh-eating beetles.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
One of the coolest murals in Minneapolis.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
An underappreciated sculpture garden just a few blocks from the capitol building.
Brainerd, Minnesota
This once prosperous community was home to European settlers and the Ojibwe.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A little-known memorial to servicemen and nurses killed in the line of duty during the First World War.
St. Cloud, Minnesota
This lone survivor of a regional franchise still slings delicious burgers and colossal servings of fries.
Fergus Falls, Minnesota
This sprawling building built in 1890 was one of Minnesota’s earliest and largest mental health facilities.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.
Rothsay, Minnesota
The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.
Shafer, Minnesota
An amazing collection of sculptures and art.