Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

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

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.