This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

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

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

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

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

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

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

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

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.