A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

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

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft perfume fragrances.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

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

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.

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

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

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

Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.

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

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.