Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

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

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

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

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

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

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

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

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.