Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

Sitting atop San Francisco's tallest hill, a cross honors the victims of the Armenian genocide.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

The longest continuously operating Elk's Lodge in the country.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

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

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

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

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