A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

The last used bookstore in Downtown San Francisco is one of the smallest bookstores just about anywhere.

For nearly 50 years, this San Francisco nonprofit has been serving as a mix of recycling center and art school.

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

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

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).

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

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

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

Overflowing with shipping containers, this location has been transformed into a massive workspace for artists.

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

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

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

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

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

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

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