A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

California's most comprehensive horticultural library.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

A playing field for a popular French past time can be found tucked away in a quiet corner of Golden Gate Park.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.