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

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

Sambusas get a Deep Southern twist at this Somali chai haven.

A rainbow of kulfi and falooda flows from this Indian-style ice cream parlor.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

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

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

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

Jack White's record store is the only place in the world that records live shows direct-to-acetate.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

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

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

Final remnants of the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition.

This angular brutalist playground turns playtime into modern art time.

Atlanta's strange assortment of concrete pillars inspires reflection in some, confusion in others.

This park contains one of the largest concentrations of cedar glades, a unique and rare ecosystem.

Feast on kebabs, dips, and house-made breads in the heart of Nashville’s Little Kurdistan.