Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

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

The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.

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

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

A tribute to the artist and activist who created the rainbow pride flag.

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

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.