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

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

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

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

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

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

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

Antiques by the Bay.

A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.