A large instrument played by the wind.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

Eight huge lanterns lining a city street can change color on command.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

It took years to decode its mysterious messages.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

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

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

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

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.