A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

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

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

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

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

This old-world mansion with lush gardens is a gem in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Historical trolley restoration and operation at History San Jose, Kelly Park.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

The headquarters of the semiconductor giant has a 10,000-square-foot museum.

The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

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