An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

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

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

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

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

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

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

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.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

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

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.