The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

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

Antiques by the Bay.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

This bakery sits on the site of the Black Panther Party's first headquarters.

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

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

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

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

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

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

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

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

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