The tiniest tiki room in San Diego.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

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

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

Sitting atop San Francisco's tallest hill, a cross honors the victims of the Armenian genocide.

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

A playing field for a popular French past time can be found tucked away in a quiet corner of Golden Gate Park.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.