Built in 1895, this bed and breakfast was once a hospital that served an early 1900s Gold Rush boomtown.

Built to hold Gold Rush wealth, this building has withstood the test of time.

Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.

A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.

The simple auditorium that launched a pop icon's career into the stratosphere.

A secluded hilltop monument marks the final resting place of Lucy, Presidio Park's beloved white deer.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.

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

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

An abandoned lot littered with concrete debris was once the home of the world's first female railroad president.

The viewpoint for this attractive, off-the-beaten-path waterfall is reached by a paved, wheelchair-accessible trail.

California's oldest existing theater building hosted an impressive cast of celebrities, including hosting Mark Twain's first lecture.

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

A monument to the frontier doctor who came up with the idea of delineating highways with a painted line.

An informal walk of fame in front of a Hollywood office building remembers a comedic great and his associates.

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

This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.

From silent movie theater to rock &roll palace and beyond.

A Community Cornerstone.

This unique formation appears as though an asteroid landed on the forest.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.