This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

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

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

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

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

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

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.