America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

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

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

Anyone can control this glittery light installation with just a phone call.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

This bakery sits on the site of the Black Panther Party's first headquarters.

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

The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

The oldest Naval chapel in the United States is home to an incredible collection of Tiffany stained-glass windows.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

The timepiece that exonerated a labor radical accused of a parade bombing that killed ten people.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

Once a year, thousands of naked cyclists flood the streets of a Seattle neighborhood.