A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

Looking for a crappy restaurant? Pull up a porcelain bowl and enjoy your meal.

Taiwan's last Chinese character letterpress preserves the dying art of Chinese character mold making.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

This incredible college library is a visual masterpiece of mosaic art. It also looks kind of like a giant boombox.

Sitting atop San Francisco's tallest hill, a cross honors the victims of the Armenian genocide.

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

The last of a gourmet supermarket chain, this store helped spark California's Food Revolution.

An art collective teaching the more fiery, metal-y art forms.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

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

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

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.