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

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

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

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

California's most comprehensive horticultural library.

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

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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

The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.