Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."

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

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

The stately birthplace of California's statehood.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.