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It took years to decode its mysterious messages.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Lombard Street may be more famous, but this is the real “crookedest street in the world.”

The United States' first transcontinental automobile road came to its end at this spot in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.

The oldest alley in San Francisco is paved with a reminder of the city's original shoreline.

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.

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

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

Half of a house.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.