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

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

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

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

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

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

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

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

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

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

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

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

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