An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

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

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

This former Baroque palace on the historic Calle Montcada is a rare architectural gem and was once the meeting place of an aristocratic scholarly society.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.