A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

Under the shadow of its towering parent tree, a rare specimen of sequoia produces ghostly white leaves.

A quiet marker in memory of local men and women lost in WWI.

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

One of the smallest parks in San Francisco honors the legacy of the "Mother of Civil Rights in California."

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

The world’s first stop-motion film was created on the racetrack outside this building.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

Eight huge lanterns lining a city street can change color on command.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

Between 1930 and 1946, a tobacco farmer laid his beloved horses and mules to rest in this small patch of pine forest.

A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.