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

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

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

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

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

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

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

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

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).