Haunted-adjacent
San Francisco Ghost Tours: Gold and Ghouls Tour
The hour when the fog stops being scenic and starts being weather.
San Francisco1h 30m
Terminal Leisure / Real departures
Book a bad idea.Come back with a story.
Ghost walks. Cemetery nights. Weird museums. Subterranean detours. The kind of thing you will be explaining at brunch.
Now boarding
Bad idea types
Pick your wrong turn
- 01After DarkThings that improve after the sun gives up.
- 02The DeadCemeteries, crypts, memorials, and other excellent company.
- 03UndergroundBelow street level, below comfort level.
- 04Local LegendThe story everyone in town tells differently.
- 05Weird MuseumCollections made by people who refused to throw anything away.
- 06Strange AnimalsA real encounter. Ask the supplier about the rules.
- 07Concrete & RuinArchitecture with bad weather and better atmosphere.
Real activities. Mildly suspect judgment.
All 40 →Current departures
Boat required
Alcatraz Inside Access Ferry and Audio Tour with Night Option
A ferry to a decommissioned federal prison, timed so you leave in the dark.
San Francisco2h–4h
Cinema
Hitchcock Film Locations Walking Tour
Vertigo used this city as a set and never gave it back.
San Francisco2h 30m
After dark
Chinatown After Dark Walking Tour
Alleys, family associations, and a neighbourhood that outlasted every attempt to summarise it.
San Francisco2h
Dead history
Colma Cemetery Belt Half-Day Tour
A town where the dead outnumber the living by a thousand to one. Municipal fact, not a turn of phrase.
San Francisco4h
Strange animals
Bay Area Reptile Handling Encounter
Snakes, at close range, in a room built for exactly that.
San Francisco1h
Dead history
Hollywood Forever Cemetery Guided Tour
A working cemetery that screens films on the lawn in summer.
Los Angeles2h
Underground
Downtown LA Historic Theatres & Tunnels Walk
Movie palaces shut longer than they were ever open, and the tunnels under the hill behind them.
Los Angeles3h
City dossiers
Index →Cities with a history of questionable judgment
San Francisco
Hills, fog, Hitchcock, and the things under Market Street.
Los Angeles
Death, cinema, freeways, and an unreasonable number of cursed houses.
New Orleans
Above ground: brass bands. Below it: paperwork.
London
A city built on ghosts, tunnels and unpaid labour.
Maine in October
Cold coast, bad weather, old stories.
Editorial
All dispatches →Dispatches from elsewhere
San Francisco After Dark
Five things to do in a small, cold, comprehensively documented city once the light has gone.
2026-07-286 min read
London Below Street Level
The interesting half of this city is underneath the other half, and a surprising amount of it can be visited legally.
2026-07-145 min read
Maine in October: Fog, Lighthouses and Poor Judgment
The one month of the year when the New England marketing and the New England reality are the same thing.
2026-06-304 min read
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