Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

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

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

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

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

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

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

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

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.