This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

Russian history in San Francisco.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

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

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

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

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

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

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

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.