The last used bookstore in Downtown San Francisco is one of the smallest bookstores just about anywhere.

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.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

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

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

This coastal cavern is associated with the Hawaiian god of creation.

On Waikīkī Beach, a monument to four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirits who brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawai'i.

In 2018, Pohoiki Road was severed by lava flowing from the eruption of Kilauea.

Ten acres of the Kula Forest Reserve make up this wonderous state park.

Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.

An ode to one of the first concerts broadcast via satellite.

The grand marquee of this abandoned Hawaiian theater remembers the building's elegant past.

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

This ancient Hawaiian henge may have been an early star chart.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.