The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

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

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

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

One of the largest Marian shrines on the West Coast stands rather unexpectedly in Silicon Valley.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

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

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

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

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

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

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.