Outside San Francisco lies a small clown cemetery and memorial.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

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

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

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

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

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

Get a taste of Chamorro cuisine, family-style, at this popular restaurant.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

Giant jewel-toned statues fill the grounds of this Cambodian Buddhist temple in California.