A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

One of the only known surviving coconut palm trees in the entire state.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

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

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

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.