The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

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

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

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

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

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.