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An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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

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

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

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

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

Explore a remarkable 35-hectare sculpture garden located an hour outside of Lisbon.

For more than two centuries, the canopy of this venerable tree has been a haven for songbirds and lovers.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

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

A tribute to the artist and activist who created the rainbow pride flag.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Home to an apple tree that can produce 25 different varieties of fruit.

Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.