An inconspicuous suburban street corner is the site of San Diego's worst air disaster.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

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

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

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

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

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

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

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

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

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

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.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.