Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

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

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

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

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

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

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.