An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

Social saloon from a scrapped trans-Pacific 19th century steamer.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

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

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

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

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

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

Russian history in San Francisco.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

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

This former boomtown "island" is now submerged below Folsom Lake.

This odd little museum holds exhibits on everything from blacksmith equipment to hair jewelry.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

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

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

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