This park is home to well over 100 handmade birdhouses.

Oldest building in California still in use.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

This unique bed and breakfast was first constructed during the 1800s by a Russian immigrant family.

Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

A large instrument played by the wind.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

A sparse, solitary sequoia still stands as a living tribute to the famous conservationist who planted it—but it's dying.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

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

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."

The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.

This historic Chinese church was relocated and revived as a museum that preserves and celebrates Chinese art, history, and culture.

A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.