Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

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

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

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

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A large instrument played by the wind.

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

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

Half of a house.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

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