Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

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

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

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

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

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

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

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

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

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.