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

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

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

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

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

Antiques by the Bay.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

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

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

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

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.