A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

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

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

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

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

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

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

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.

This mysterious series of teeny guerrilla installations sheds a whimsical light on street art in Oakland.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.