Surrounded by a cluster of 60s-era apartments, the center of San Francisco is both a letdown and a strangely appropriate monument to the city. Originally installed by Adolph Sutro in 1887, it... »

Strange Statues | Edited by windsorknot and Dylan

Inside the offices of the Long Now Foundation in San Francisco is a small museum dedicated to the art of long-term thinking. Surrounded by diagrams, molds, and assorted mechanical contraptions is... »

Unique Collections, Astounding Timepieces, Instruments of Science, Retro-Tech, Long Now Locations | Edited by Annetta and Dylan

The Pirate Shop carries an extensive array of essential pirate paraphernalia: various Jolly Roger flags, glass eyes, lard, spyglasses, skeleton keys, etc. It's also a book store associated with... »

Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by Dylan and Annetta

In the spring of 1906, San Francisco all but burned to the ground. In the three days that followed the great earthquake on April 18, fires raged through the city, started mainly by ruptured gas... »

Long Now Locations, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Annetta, wythe and others

Straying radically from the ideal of the quiet museum – one filled with the archaic artifacts of yesteryear, each lighted softly and placed behind Plexiglas – the San Francisco Cable Car Museum is... »

Museums and Collections | Edited by Shalaco, Dylan and 2 others

Known as Lotta's Fountain it stands at the corner of Market, Geary and Kearny streets in San Francisco, and is a twenty-four foot cast iron sculpture, painted bronze and adorned with lion's heads,... »

Peculiar Fountains | Edited by Shalaco, Dylan and others

Just south of Crissy Fields in San Francisco's Presidio district is a tiny cemetery bound by a white picket fence and dotted with miniature gravestones. The final resting place of the Presidio... »

Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by Shalaco, Dylan and others

When you think San Francisco, you probably don't think "babushka," but the Museum of Russian Culture in Pacific Heights showcases Russian culture and the lives of notable Americans of Russian... »

Unique Collections | Edited by M Rebekah Otto, Dylan and others

Straight from the website: When the concept of AUDIUM began taking shape in the late 1950's, space was a largely unexplored dimension in music composition. The composer who suspected space... »

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In the heart of San Francisco lies an "appropriation-friendly" collection of printed ephemera, periodicals, and books known as the Prelinger Library. Visitors are encouraged to copy and... »

Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by littlebrumble