This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.