Architectural Oddities in San Francisco

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

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

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

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

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

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Half of a house.