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

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

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

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

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

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.