A quiet marker in memory of local men and women lost in WWI.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

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

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

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

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

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

Lombard Street may be more famous, but this is the real “crookedest street in the world.”

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

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

The road plays 30 seconds of the Marine’s Hymn when driving over the grooved pavement.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.