Come here and stock up on pirate flags, eyepatches, beard tonic, and anti-scurvy potion and help support the awesome kids literacy afterschool program in the back!
Best known as a treasure trove of botanical prints, mounted insects, and taxidermy, the shop is actually an evolution from its original primary role as a landscape design company.
The collection of artifacts from the Acid Age here is rumored to be larger than that of the DEA. Check out the lower level, a more "official" gallery of sheets and acid samples from the 60s-00s.
We are open most every Wednesday, 1 - 8 pm. Full hours online at prelingerlibrary.org. Visit us!
Founded in 1982, the Church of Saint John Will-I-Am Coltrane encourages its followers to know God through weekly "sound baptisms" focusing on their patron saint's later albums. Sundays 11:45a-2:30p.
Oscar Wilde, upon visiting the club in 1882, is reported to have said "I never saw so many well-dressed, well-fed, business-looking Bohemians in my life."
Google co-founder Sergey Brin--a former gymnast--took trampoline classes here to blow off steam. He's even done the flying trapeze. (Google is #6 on Fast Company's list of Most Innovative Companies.)
San Francisco's oldest surviving monument has survived earthquakes, fires, and attempts to move it to Golden Gate Park.
The oldest library on the West Coast and the oldest chess club in the US. Take the free tour on Wednesdays at noon.
The stones scattered throughout the park once made up the arches and pillars of the 12th century Cisterian monestary of Santa Maria de Ovila in Spain.
This 92-foot-tall sculpture is one of the world's largest aeolian harps.
Camera Obscura was built by Floyd Jennings in 1946 as an attraction for nearby Playland-at-the-Beach. About 10 years later, the building was modified to look like a camera that a tourist left behind.
On the side of the road there is a great spot to view San Francisco, the Bay Bridge and Alcatraz. There is also a railing that you can use to steady the camera. This is a Panoramic Stitch opportunity.
Follow the "Private Property Enter at Your Own Risk" sign to the eccentric houseboats: a pirate ship, a floating traitor, homes built on the remnants of WWII tugs, and concrete barges.
This cemetery dates back to the 1950s, and originally thought to house cavalry horses. The cemetery lot is technically full, although rumor is that people sneak in at night to bury their beloved pets. Read more.
This small columned memorial sits on the edge of Lloyd Lake as a reminder of all that was lost in the 1906 earthquake.
Inside the Long Now offices is a small museum. Check out its centerpiece, the orrery, a modern incarnation of the planetary models that rose popularity during the Renaissance and Enlightenment.
Keep your eyes and ears open if you are walking around Telegraph Hill, Levi Plaza or the Ferry Building - you will see the flash of green and hear the merry sqwaks as they zoom by. Don't feed them th Read more.
