San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

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

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

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

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

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

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.

An old dining hall now serves up ghost stories for lusty locals.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.