A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

A playing field for a popular French past time can be found tucked away in a quiet corner of Golden Gate Park.

A celebration of once forgotten materials.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

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

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

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

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

The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.

This former boomtown "island" is now submerged below Folsom Lake.

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

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