Places Annie Oortman Wants to Go

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

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

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

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

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

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

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

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

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

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

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

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

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.