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

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.

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

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

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.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

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

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

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

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