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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.

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

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

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

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

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

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

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

Experience Larry Spring's self-taught "common sense" laws of physics.

Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.

Educational foundation that teaches the powers of fourth dimensional physical properties.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.