Celebrate the history of the rich and truly misunderstood relationship between man and pigeon.

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.

This small museum inside a larger sports complex honors the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the U.S., and his life of achievement and struggle.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

National Mall monument to the inventor of the screw propeller.

Steel rings embedded in rock enable hikers to ascend a picturesque slot canyon in the Mojave Preserve.

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

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

The historic building's ornate stained glass fixture has survived the devastating 1906 earthquake, ensuing fires, and multiple redevelopment attempts.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

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

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

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

The United States' first transcontinental automobile road came to its end at this spot in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.

A maze-like landscape of globular rocks surrounding two Arizona lakes.

A fantastic resource for information on both Route 66 and the local area.

Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.

Orozco’s fiery mural that brought the Mexican Muralist Movement to the U.S.