This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

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

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

Half of a house.

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

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

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

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

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

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

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

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.