15 Fun and Quirky Facts About San Francisco You Probably Didn’t Know

San Francisco is a city that’s full of surprises—whether it’s a hidden staircase, an unusual microclimate, or a slice of history hiding in plain sight. Here are some of the most fascinating and quirky facts about the City by the Bay!

A SF new year tradition. Come and take a dip in the frigid January waters of the Pacific Ocean.

Did you know there are some crazy unique things about Lake Tahoe.

You pull up and find a power box like this. What does you do?

We recently visited the Petersen Museum in LA to see the We are Porsche exhibit. A retrospective of 75 years of Porsche racing, design and passion. One of many of the cars we found really interesting was a Porsche 914 with a sticker of a Panama Alaska Rally we never heard about.

Visiting the Petersen Museum for the We Are Porsche Exhibit - Celebrating 75 Years of Amazing Stories.

Want to take a year-long road trip in which the high temperature is close to 70 degrees the whole time? A dude from Alaska named Brian Brettchneider has mapped the course. It starts in San Diego Jan. 1, is near Minneapolis in June, Fairbanks in July and takes you into Florida in December. Here’s the year-long road trip that would follow the best odds of ideal weather. Covering 13,909 miles, the route navigates enormous stretches of North America, shifting north and south with the changing seasons. The goal? Get as close to 70-degree conditions as possible.

Travel in Norther California. A loop from Tahoe to Feather River Canyon in a Sprinter Van. Find out where.

Traveling the Lost Coast in a Sprinter Van. This is an amazing part of Northern California where summer keeps with sunny California days. But keeps misty and mysterious by night.

Exploring Mammoth Pool Reservoir California in June after the snow runoff. Hot weather and cool waters.

Traveling through North Fork, CA - Bandit Town USA was a great old pioneer town of the old west.