An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

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

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

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

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

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

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

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

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

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

This relic of 19th-century infrastructure is one of the few remaining coal gas storage tanks in the U.S.