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

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

Social saloon from a scrapped trans-Pacific 19th century steamer.

Antiques by the Bay.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

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

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

This sailor's boneyard was lost under a parking lot for decades before being rediscovered.

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

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

Visit the WWII bunker where the British won the battle for the skies.

The largest known medieval map of the world.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.