Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

A large instrument played by the wind.

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

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

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

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

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

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.