A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

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

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

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

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

The longest continuously operating Elk's Lodge in the country.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

A quiet marker in memory of local men and women lost in WWI.