An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

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

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

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

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

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

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

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

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

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

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

Half of a house.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.