A playing field for a popular French past time can be found tucked away in a quiet corner of Golden Gate Park.

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.

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

This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).

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

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

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

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

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

The empty tomb that houses the memories of Roy Bertelli's revenge.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.