Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

A tribute to one man's legacy of improving the accordion's reputation.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

Astronomers plan to launch a space telescope into orbit, to find out what exactly stands in the way of an asteroid hitting Earth.

At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.

Of all the origin stories for weed's secret code, this one likely has the goods.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

Across Ring Mountain is a vast collection of Native American petroglyphs unique to the region.

Social saloon from a scrapped trans-Pacific 19th century steamer.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

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

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

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

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.