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

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

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

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

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

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

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

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

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Get a taste of Chamorro cuisine, family-style, at this popular restaurant.

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

This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

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

A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

A long-buried ancient ruin unearthed right in the middle of the city.

It's believed that these columns marked the end of the Via Appia.

The oldest-known example of a historic architectural style recognized by UNESCO.