An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.

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

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

A playing field for a popular French past time can be found tucked away in a quiet corner of Golden Gate Park.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

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

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

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

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

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

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

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

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

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

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

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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