The longest burning light bulb in the world.

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

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

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

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

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

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

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

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

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

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

An abandoned convention space that has been left to the homeless and the radical.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.