Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

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

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.