Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

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

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

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

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

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

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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