Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

This settlement on the original Transcontinental Railroad began by harvesting timber, but transitioned to a forgotten 19th-century industry: harvesting ice.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft perfume fragrances.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

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

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

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

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

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

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.