San Francisco, California
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A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.
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San Francisco, California
A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.
Oakland, California
The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.
Oakland, California
A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.
Alameda, California
This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.
San Francisco, California
The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.
San Francisco, California
A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.
San Francisco, California
An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.
San Francisco, California
This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Aguadilla Pueblo, Puerto Rico
Years of neglect and nature took a toll on this 19th-century lighthouse.
Vieques, Puerto Rico
On this Puerto Rican island, many abandoned naval ammunition bunkers sit open while a few have been padlocked by locals as personal storage.
Puerto Rico
A magnificent waterfall nestled in the heart of the El Yunque National Forest.
Vieques, Puerto Rico
The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.
Washington, D.C.
The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.
Washington, D.C.
A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.
Washington, D.C.
Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.
Washington, D.C.
"Congress may voluntarily remain in session throughout the summer, in order that our Congressmen may be protected from the intolerable discomforts and dangers of the ordinary outdoor weather!”
Washington, D.C.
A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.
Washington, D.C.
A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.