At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

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

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.

One of the last remaining Carpenter Gothic churches is situated on a wildflower conservatory overlooking the bay.

Social saloon from a scrapped trans-Pacific 19th century steamer.

Across Ring Mountain is a vast collection of Native American petroglyphs unique to the region.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.