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

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

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

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

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

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

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

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

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

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

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

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

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

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

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

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

The tragic reality of a town riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.