The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

The once-dying town of Sheffield, Tasmania has reinvented itself as a village of painted wonders.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

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.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

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

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

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

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

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

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

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

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

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