A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

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

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

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

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

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

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

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

Abandoned landscape once home to "the world's largest winery."

Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.

The largest drain hole in the world.