Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Ride on a fully-restored Nike nuclear-tipped missile elevator from the Cold War.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

This lighthouse has been guiding shipping into the Golden Gate since before the American Civil War.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Trace the history of the nation’s early days at the site of America’s oldest stock exchange.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

The final residence of an educator, civil rights leader, and presidential advisor was also the first headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women.

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

The only female equestrian statue in Washington, D.C. is a 15th-century French heroine.

This poor little statue is the most vandalized memorial in Washington.

You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.

This fallen red oak tree has been transformed into a piece of trailside art.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.

An elephant is carved onto the gravestone of a man who was crushed by one.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.