Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

The 100-year-old public collection of a New Hampshire dentist that contains taxidermy, Native American artifacts, and a pair of mummy hands.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

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

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

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.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.