It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.

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

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.

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

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

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

Russian history in San Francisco.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

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

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.