The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

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

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Antiques by the Bay.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

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

An abandoned convention space that has been left to the homeless and the radical.

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

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

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

Sweet or salty, super hot or mixed into beer, this is the holy land for all things licorice.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

The magic's in the hole!

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.