Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

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

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

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

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

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

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

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

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

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

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.