A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

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

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

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

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

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

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

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

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

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

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

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

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

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.