The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

Russian history in San Francisco.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Reverend Franzo Wayne King administers spiritual enlightenment through the music of the jazz legend.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

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

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

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

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

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

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