Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

This old-world mansion with lush gardens is a gem in the heart of Silicon Valley.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

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.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A large AIDS Memorial Pathway art installation provides a moment for quiet contemplation in this public park.

This unique Seattle structure was designed to be the greenest commercial building on the planet.

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.