Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

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

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

Historical trolley restoration and operation at History San Jose, Kelly Park.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

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

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.