Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

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

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

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

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

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

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.