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Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

The magic's in the hole!

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

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

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.

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

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

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

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

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.