A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

One incredible room in the Santa Barbara Courthouse is covered in wall-to-wall canvas murals.

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

A modern frieze of ancient Grecian mythological figures playing a national pastime.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

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

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

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

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

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

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

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.