This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Half of a house.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

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

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Originally the home of chewing gum mogul William Wrigely Jr, it is now the official offices of the Tournament of Roses.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Pasadena glamour turned government issue.

Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.

This 1920s masterpiece of French Quarter architecture hides a secret tunnel used by Albert Einstein.