A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

Four miles of pipelines form the model of still-functioning retro-tech efficiency.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

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

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

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

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

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

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

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

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

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

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

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

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

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

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.