Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

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

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

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

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

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

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

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

Antiques by the Bay.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.