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

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.