Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
The Pennsic War at Coopers Lake
An otherwise quiet campground becomes a bustling medieval town for two weeks every year.
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Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
An otherwise quiet campground becomes a bustling medieval town for two weeks every year.
Peninsula, Ohio
A throwback train ride transports passengers through one of the lesser-known national parks in the country.
Easton, Pennsylvania
The birthplace of the beloved colorful crayons right in downtown Easton
Kutztown, Pennsylvania
Decorative folk arts dot the countryside barns of Berks County.
San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
San Francisco, California
The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”
Felton, California
This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.
Felton, California
Stand inside the dark interior of an historic redwood tree that once was used as a general's headquarters.
Pescadero, California
A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.
Pacifica, California
The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.
Pacifica, California
The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.
San Francisco, California
Wander down a side street dedicated to one of the members of the Beat Generation.
Larkspur, California
At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.
Sausalito, California
A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.
San Francisco, California
Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.
San Francisco, California
One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.
San Francisco, California
One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.
San Francisco, California
A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.
San Francisco, California
A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.
San Francisco, California
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
San Francisco, California
The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.
San Francisco, California
Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.
San Francisco, California
The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.