Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

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

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

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

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

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

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

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

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

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

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

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

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.