This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

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

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

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

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.