This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

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

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

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

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

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

This odd little museum holds exhibits on everything from blacksmith equipment to hair jewelry.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

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

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.