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

An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

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

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

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

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

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

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.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

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

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Once a giant gingerbread factory, this space now hosts exhibits and workshops on the historic treat.

Camera cars and condom bikes built from scrap and one man's passion.

This delightful little museum is dedicated to only one thing: pasta.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.