A road runs through the middle of this small Austrian chapel.

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.

Everyone's favorite clay duo immortalized in bronze.

Believed to hold the remains of Japan's most infamous fox spirit, this stone is said to kill those who dare approach.

Hiding in plane sight.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

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

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

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

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

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

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.