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

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

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

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

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

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

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

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

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

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

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.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

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

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

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