The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.

Built in 1821 using rooms from another estate, the Phillips House is the only historic home on scenic Chestnut Street open to the public.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.

Overflowing with shipping containers, this location has been transformed into a massive workspace for artists.

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

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.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.