One of the smallest parks in San Francisco honors the legacy of the "Mother of Civil Rights in California."

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.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

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

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

The last used bookstore in Downtown San Francisco is one of the smallest bookstores just about anywhere.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

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

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

A quartet of tiled art pieces adorn the floors of this prestigious art museum.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.

The final resting place of a German diplomat's beloved companion.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.