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San Francisco, California

Paxton Gate

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.
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The Pirate Supply Store at 826 Valencia

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.
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Seward Street Slides

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.
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The "Center" of San Francisco Monument

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.
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Dangling Legs at the Piedmont Boutique

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.
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Free Gold Watch

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

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.
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Uncle John's Tree at McLaren Lodge

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.
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Mescaline Grove

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.
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Monarch the Bear

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.
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John McLaren Statue

The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.
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Golden Gate Park Druid Circles

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.
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Spanish Monastery Stones

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

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.
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Shakespeare Garden

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.
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Three Gems

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.
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Faery Door

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.
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Spreckels Temple of Music

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.
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Arch of Colonial Trees

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.
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Sweeney Observatory Site

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.
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Prayer Book Cross

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.
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Portals of the Past

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.
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Site of the Golden Gate Speed Road

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