San Francisco, California
Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption
The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”
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San Francisco, California
The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”
San Francisco, California
Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.
San Francisco, California
Only hotel where you can legally launder money.
San Francisco, California
The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.
San Francisco, California
Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.
San Francisco, California
The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.
San Francisco, California
The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.
San Francisco, California
Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.
San Francisco, California
This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.
San Francisco, California
This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.
San Francisco, California
A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
San Francisco, California
An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.
San Francisco, California
Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.
San Francisco, California
A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.
San Francisco, California
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
San Francisco, California
An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Los Angeles, California
An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.
Los Angeles, California
An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.
Los Angeles, California
World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.