Berkeley, California
Fish Shaped House
A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.
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Berkeley, California
A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.
Berkeley, California
An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.
San Francisco, California
A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.
San Francisco, California
The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.
San Francisco, California
A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.
San Francisco, California
The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.
San Francisco, California
A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.
San Francisco, California
Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.
San Francisco, California
Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.
San Francisco, California
Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.
San Francisco, California
This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.
San Francisco, California
Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.
San Francisco, California
The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.
San Francisco, California
The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.
San Francisco, California
In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.
San Francisco, California
A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.
San Francisco, California
The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
San Francisco, California
A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
San Francisco, California
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
San Francisco, California
Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.