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

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

A sculpture dedicated to Napa Valley's oldest mineral water company.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

Home to an apple tree that can produce 25 different varieties of fruit.

Eccentric sculptures made from repurposed materials peppers this former farm.

In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

A family agreed to sell their property to Disney on the condition that this tree, planted as a wedding gift, would not be removed.

Allegedly haunted by Walt Disney himself, this inconspicuous lamp is always kept lit in his honor.

Inspiration struck on this seat outside the Griffith Park merry-go-round.

These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.

This bronze statue commemorates the strange and beloved mascot of UC Irvine—the only university to be represented by a giant anteater.

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.