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

They founded the game company that made Clue, Monopoly, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, and Sorry!

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

A cheeky name, colorful merchandise, and spooky ghost stories

An inn older than the Witch Trials.

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.

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

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

The United States' first transcontinental automobile road came to its end at this spot in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

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

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

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

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

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

A large instrument played by the wind.

Lombard Street may be more famous, but this is the real “crookedest street in the world.”

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Across Ring Mountain is a vast collection of Native American petroglyphs unique to the region.