A mass grave for victims of an airline disaster that led to much-needed safety improvements for commercial flights.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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

California's most comprehensive horticultural library.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

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

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

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

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.