The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

Two pillars set 10 paces apart commemorate the "last notable American duel."

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

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

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

Russian history in San Francisco.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

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

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

A remote hilltop covered in giant monoliths haunts the Brittany countryside.

This old-world mansion with lush gardens is a gem in the heart of Silicon Valley.