Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

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

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

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

Half of a house.

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

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

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

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

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

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.