The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

The United States' first transcontinental automobile road came to its end at this spot in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

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

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.

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

Believed to be inspired by the Trevi Fountain in Rome.

Lombard Street may be more famous, but this is the real “crookedest street in the world.”

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

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

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.