This unique library spans a mighty river.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

Russian history in San Francisco.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

Half of a house.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

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

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.