Haas-Lilienthal House

If these red-velvet walls could talk, this 1886 Queen Anne–style Victorian could tell you about earthquakes, booms, busts and untimely deaths. See this turreted Pacific Heights mansion like an honored guest of the prominent Jewish refugee Haas family, ushered from the parlor to the ballroom – then duck behind the scenes to see how staff kept the household going. Docents lead one-hour tours plus Sunday neighborhood walking tours and occasional seasonal events, from fancy-dress Victorian Valentine balls to eerily accurate haunted-house tours.