This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

Where a demonstration led to equal rights for one of California's most marginalized communities.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

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

Wander down a side street dedicated to one of the members of the Beat Generation.

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

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

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

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

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

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

A historic office and commercial building located in the heart of downtown San Francisco.

At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.

Abandoned landscape once home to "the world's largest winery."

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

A 1914 beaux arts auditorium that sat shuttered for 20 years, restored and reopened in 2026

This mysterious series of teeny guerrilla installations sheds a whimsical light on street art in Oakland.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.