San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

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

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

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

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

A small collection of magic tricks and memorabilia is now an apartment-sized museum.

The second oldest anatomical theater is housed in a museum of curiosities.

Ancient burial grounds of the wealthy.

A nightly tradition fills the streets of Flogsta with a collective scream.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

A man has revenged his true love's betrayal through tears and stone genitalia.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.