Wander down a side street dedicated to one of the members of the Beat Generation.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

A tiny town’s tiny museum with some gigantic residents.

Home to an apple tree that can produce 25 different varieties of fruit.

The famous blue house from the classic horror film "Halloween" is now a local landmark.

Oldest building in California still in use.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

A large instrument played by the wind.

The scorched Lisbon church that survived two earthquakes and a massive fire.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

This saucy statue once caused outrage among locals.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.

A public art installation featuring clawfoot bathtubs on stilts sparks admiration and controversy from locals.

This collection of hand fans doubles as a history of femininity.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.