The former home of the army detachment that captured Geronimo.

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

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

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

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

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

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

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

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.