L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

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

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

This museum in San Francisco's Chinatown is one of the oldest and largest archives of Chinese American history and culture.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

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