A newspaper building that made radio history.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

The simple auditorium that launched a pop icon's career into the stratosphere.

A landmark for a trailblazer for female architects and the designer of one of the most famous and opulent buildings in California.

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.

This sailor's boneyard was lost under a parking lot for decades before being rediscovered.

California's oldest existing theater building hosted an impressive cast of celebrities, including hosting Mark Twain's first lecture.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

"You don't need a rocket scientist to build a steam engine, but we've got one." -Museum docent on the credentials of a restoration volunteer.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

A quiet marker in memory of local men and women lost in WWI.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

Puzzling...this tree looks like an assemblage of dismembered monkey limbs.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

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

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”