One of the oldest amusement rides in existence was a huge disappointment to its creator.

This witch statue remembers a time in England's history when fear trumped truth.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

A grand Wetherspoon pub set in a former opera house dating back to 1902.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

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.

The same water that fills a luxury resort’s pools feeds these free hot springs in the rainforest.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

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

This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.

Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.

Under the shadow of its towering parent tree, a rare specimen of sequoia produces ghostly white leaves.

A four paneled, brightly multicolored mosaic adorns the side of this popular grocery store.

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

The United States' first transcontinental automobile road came to its end at this spot in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.

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

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

The oldest alley in San Francisco is paved with a reminder of the city's original shoreline.

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

The last used bookstore in Downtown San Francisco is one of the smallest bookstores just about anywhere.