This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

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

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

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

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

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

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

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

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

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

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.