Handmade treasures from around the world.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

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

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

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

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

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

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

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

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

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

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.