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.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.