A miner’s death at the hands of strikebreaking company police sparks a labor movement that continues to the present day.

The first "applecore" style lighthouse in Nova Scotia.

A beautiful waterfall and beach where precious stones are plentiful.

This Canadian island is a veritable garden of decay with countless abandoned structures dotting the landscape.

Cliffs that hold fossils, including the earliest known reptile, dating back more than 300 million years.

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.

California's most comprehensive horticultural library.

Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.

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 contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.

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

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

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

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

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

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

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

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