Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

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

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

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

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.