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

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

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

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

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

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

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

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

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

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

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

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

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

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.