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

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

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

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

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

Reverend Franzo Wayne King administers spiritual enlightenment through the music of the jazz legend.

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

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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.

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

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

Half of a house.

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

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

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

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.