Historic site where Native American hunters once trapped and killed buffalo.

A mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

Eclectic musical collection ranging from hurdy gurdies and orphicas to the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio.

A large instrument played by the wind.

A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

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

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

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

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

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

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

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

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

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

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.