A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

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

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

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

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

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

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

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

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

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

An art collective teaching the more fiery, metal-y art forms.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.