The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

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

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

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

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

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.