A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

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

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

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

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

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

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

The longest continuously operating Elk's Lodge in the country.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

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

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

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

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.