San Francisco

Weird and strange attractions in the San Francisco Bay Area

by Lindsantiago

111 Items

San Francisco, California

'Wood Line'

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

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San Francisco, California

Mescaline Grove

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

Annetta Black

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Short Story Vending Machine

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

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Cayuga Park

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

San Francisco, California

San Francisco's Cable Car Museum

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

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San Francisco Center for the Book

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

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Balmy Alley Murals

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

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Presidio Pet Cemetery

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

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Ruth Asawa’s San Francisco Fountain

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

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450 Sutter Street

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

San Francisco, California

Lotta's Fountain

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

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Mission Dolores Cemetery

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

Annetta Black

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Paxton Gate

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

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The Pirate Supply Store at 826 Valencia

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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Buena Vista Park Tombstones

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

Annetta Black

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San Francisco, California

Beat Museum

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

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San Francisco, California

Institute of Illegal Images

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

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San Francisco, California

Encryption Lava Lamps

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

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Museum of the Eye

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

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Seward Street Slides

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

Annetta Black

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Musée Mécanique

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

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Forbes Island

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

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Golden Gate Park Vintage Carousel

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

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San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Park Druid Circles

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

Annetta Black

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Internet Archive Headquarters

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

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Japanese Tea Garden

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

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The Sutro Egyptian Collection

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

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Secret Tiled Staircase

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

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The Wave Organ

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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Magowan's Infinite Mirror Maze

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

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Alcatraz Island

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

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Albion Castle

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

Annetta Black

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Labyrinth at Land’s End

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Annetta Black

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Audium Theatre of Sound-Sculptured Space

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

San Francisco, California

Yoda Fountain

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

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Loved to Death

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

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Good Vibrations Antique Vibrator Museum

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

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San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers

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

Annetta Black

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San Francisco, California

Camera Obscura & Holograph Collection

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

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Exploratorium

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

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San Francisco, California

Ruins of the Sutro Baths

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Annetta Black

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San Francisco, California

Esmeralda Slide Park

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

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San Francisco, California

The Tonga Room

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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Bourbon & Branch

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

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Land’s End Octagon House

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

Annetta Black

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Aquatic Park Tombstones

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

Annetta Black

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Long Now Orrery

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Annetta Black

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San Francisco, California

Crown & Crumpet

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

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