This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

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

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

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

One of the largest Marian shrines on the West Coast stands rather unexpectedly in Silicon Valley.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.