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

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

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

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

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

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

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

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

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

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

An airplane wing is a roadside art installation and monument on a remote stretch of highway.

Enjoy a slice under the midnight sun at the world’s northermost Domino’s.

A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.