Outsider art or homage to aliens?

The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

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

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

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

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

Pasadena glamour turned government issue.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

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

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.