A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.

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

This sculpture was made out of recycled guns that were turned in to the city.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

A large instrument played by the wind.

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.