This red light district plaza memorializes the Fab Four and their historic connection to the area.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

This former New Jersey bus now exists as a public art exhibit.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

The largest model carrot in the world.

Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

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

A celebration of once forgotten materials.

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

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

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.