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This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.

Where a demonstration led to equal rights for one of California's most marginalized communities.

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

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

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

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

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

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

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

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.