The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

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

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

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

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

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

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

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

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

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

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

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

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

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

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

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.