The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

These gigantic skeletons tower over visitors and provide insight into the creatures that once ruled over Ireland.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."