A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

Antiques by the Bay.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

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

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

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

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.