San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

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

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

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

A palatial art deco restroom.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.