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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

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

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

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

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

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

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.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

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.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.