The last used bookstore in Downtown San Francisco is one of the smallest bookstores just about anywhere.

Where a demonstration led to equal rights for one of California's most marginalized communities.

The historic building's ornate stained glass fixture has survived the devastating 1906 earthquake, ensuing fires, and multiple redevelopment attempts.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

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

This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.

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

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.

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

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

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

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

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

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

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

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

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

Under the shadow of its towering parent tree, a rare specimen of sequoia produces ghostly white leaves.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.