A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

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

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

A tribute to the artist and activist who created the rainbow pride flag.

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

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

This museum offers a glimpse into early 20th-century Glasgow life.

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.