One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

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

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

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

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

Wheels of chrome by the thousands adorn this California Historical Landmark.

A tribute to one man's legacy of improving the accordion's reputation.

This California family's ancestral melon is sold only here.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

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

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

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

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

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

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.