A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

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

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

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

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

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

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

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

Antiques by the Bay.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.