9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

The stately birthplace of California's statehood.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

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

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

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

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

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

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

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.

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

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

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

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

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

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.