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This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.

A unique and poignant sidewalk mural commemorates the deaths of two striking workers.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

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

Reverend Franzo Wayne King administers spiritual enlightenment through the music of the jazz legend.

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

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

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

A large instrument played by the wind.

This place claims to be North America’s first vegan convenience store.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.