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

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

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

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

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

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

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

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A quiet marker in memory of local men and women lost in WWI.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

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

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

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.