These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

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

California's longest-running tourist attraction is a stump.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

A 1914 beaux arts auditorium that sat shuttered for 20 years, restored and reopened in 2026

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

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

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

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

The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.

An art collective teaching the more fiery, metal-y art forms.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.

A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.