Half of a house.

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

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

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

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

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

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

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

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

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

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

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

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

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

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

The oldest house in the capital of Silicon Valley.

It took years to decode its mysterious messages.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.