This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

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

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

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

Reverend Franzo Wayne King administers spiritual enlightenment through the music of the jazz legend.

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

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

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

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

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

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

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

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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

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

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

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

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

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