A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

Astronomers plan to launch a space telescope into orbit, to find out what exactly stands in the way of an asteroid hitting Earth.

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

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

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

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

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

Half of a house.

Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

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

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

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

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.

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

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

This charming fountain honors Felix Salten, the creator of the iconic storybook deer.

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

An abandoned water park overtaken by the dunes.