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

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

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

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

Victoriana on Orange Grove Avenue.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."

A simple statue outside a California Amtrak station honors the overlooked contributions of the "silent spikes."

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

This house is a mosaic of tiled artwork sourced from local artists.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

The last of a gourmet supermarket chain, this store helped spark California's Food Revolution.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.