Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

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

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

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

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

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

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

The last of its kind in the country.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

A Community Cornerstone.

The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

Political debates in a fabulous Pasadena castle.

A repository of Pasadena history.

A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

The site of the house Jack Parsons made famous both in life and death.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.