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

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

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

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

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

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

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

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."