Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

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

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

The largest drain hole in the world.

Napa's oldest building is now a Mexican restaurant.

The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

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

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.