San Francisco, California
Golden Gate Park Bison
San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
San Francisco, California
Fort Miley Batteries
Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.
San Francisco, California
The Shipwrecks at Land's End
A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.
Truckee, California
Donner Pass Summit Tunnels
The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.
San Francisco, California
Aquatic Park Tombstones
Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.
San Francisco, California
Land’s End Octagon House
The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.
San Francisco, California
The Pirate Supply Store at 826 Valencia
An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.
San Francisco, California
Paxton Gate
A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.
San Francisco, California
Ruins of the Sutro Baths
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
San Francisco, California
Secret Tiled Staircase
An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.
San Jose, California
The Winchester Mystery House
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Los Angeles, California
The Museum of Death
World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.
San Francisco, California
Magowan's Infinite Mirror Maze
A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.
San Francisco, California
The Wave Organ
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Permanently Closed
Felton, California
Bigfoot Discovery Museum
This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.
