A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

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

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

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

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

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

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

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

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

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

Because there's no place like home.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.