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

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

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

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

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

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

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

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

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

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

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

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.