Places CoolCrab Wants to Go

Nestled in an unassuming residential area, this "forbidden forest" is rumored to spirit away those who dare enter it.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

An Aladdin's cave of old Silicon Valley tech.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

A modern frieze of ancient Grecian mythological figures playing a national pastime.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

Astronomers plan to launch a space telescope into orbit, to find out what exactly stands in the way of an asteroid hitting Earth.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

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

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

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

Half of a house.

Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

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

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.