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

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

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

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.

An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

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

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.