A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

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

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

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

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

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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

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

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

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