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

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

Traditional, pre-Hispanic food is served alongside classic favorites in this family-owned Mexican restaurant.

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

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

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

A playing field for a popular French past time can be found tucked away in a quiet corner of Golden Gate Park.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

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

This statue celebrating early Hollywood is largely forgotten, while its twin replica at Walt Disney World has become an icon.

This bank is widely believed to be the inspiration for the offices of Philip Marlowe, the hardboiled detective featured in a number of Raymond Chandler's stories.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.

Tokyo’s “Kitchen Town” hosts a number of shops selling intricate food replicas.

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

This odd little museum holds exhibits on everything from blacksmith equipment to hair jewelry.

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

A Berkeley sidewalk etched with 128 cast-iron poems.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”