The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

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

Across Ring Mountain is a vast collection of Native American petroglyphs unique to the region.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

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

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

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

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

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

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

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

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