This garage is frozen in the late 1990s, full of rare and untouched cars and motorcycles.

The medieval home is still engraved with the symbol of the profession, an eye flanked by two axes.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

The Jesus tree of Malta bears a striking resemblance to Christ on the cross.

The remains of a 1st-century aristocratic Roman town house featuring beautiful well-preserved mosaics.

A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).

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

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

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

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

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

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

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

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

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.