A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

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

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

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

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

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

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.