In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

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

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

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

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

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

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

Providing the soundtrack to the golden years of the Seattle grunge scene.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.