From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

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

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

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

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

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

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.