A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

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

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

This sailor's boneyard was lost under a parking lot for decades before being rediscovered.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.