Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

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

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

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

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

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

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

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

This mundane shopping plaza is named after a gruesome piece of flotsam.

The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.