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

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

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

Check out a shovel along with your Shakespeare.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

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

Get a taste of Chamorro cuisine, family-style, at this popular restaurant.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

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

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

The longest spit in the United States ends at a lighthouse in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.