Audra Kunkle mounts some specimens in a workspace above the store.Celeste Noche/Atlas Obscura About For two seasons, theScience Channelreality TV showOddities: San Franciscofollowed shop owner Audra Kunkle as she helped an organizer of Victorian-cemetery tea parties find a nose-related gift and sea...
San Francisco, California, 94122 United States 37.767017, -122.466724 Visit Website Get Directions Nearby Places Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture San Francisco, California Related Places Dresden, Germany Pillnitz Camellia An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-...
This century-old independent movie theater with an iconic Art Deco neon sign survived a devastating fire in 2016. See Fewer Ads Become an Atlas Obscura member and experience far fewer ads Follow Us Get the app Download the App Questions or Feedback?Contact Us...
Inside a vintage arcade in San Francisco. Paris, France Debauve & Gallais Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte were fans of this 200-year-old French chocolatier. Manchester, England Afflecks Over 70 independent businesses have set up shop in this former Victorian department store. ...
Update: As of July 29, 2023 the camera obscura mechanism is closed to the public, per City of Santa Monica website. The building is currently an art studio awarded through a competition to two artists per season for three seasons per year. Selected artists are required to exhibit their art...
Celebrating the works of a beloved Italian actor, known for such cult films as 'They Call Me Trinity' and 'Watch Out, We’re Mad!' See Fewer Ads Become an Atlas Obscura member and experience far fewer ads Follow Us Get the app Download the App Questions or Feedback?Contact Us...
San Francisco, California Added By Mike Bison Email Been Here Want to go Add to List Added to list About One of the last remaining links toSan Francisco's oceanside Playland at the Beach amusement park, the Musée Mécanique is a unique hands-on arcade of vintage coin-operated contraptions of...
The park-like setting on the lee side of the breakwater has a view of San Francisco’s Marina District, downtown San Francisco’s skyline, the East Bay hills, Sausalito, Mt. Tamalpais, the Presidio, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Marin Headlands. Fishermen are often at the organ in th...
Eugene, Oregon Shelton McMurphey Johnson House A Victorian-style home known as the “Castle on the Hill.” See Fewer Ads Become an Atlas Obscura member and experience far fewer ads Get the app Download the App Questions or Feedback?Contact Us...
Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation. See Fewer Ads Become an Atlas Obscura member and experience far fewer ads Follow Us Get the app Download the App Questions or Feedback?Contact Us...