Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

Where a demonstration led to equal rights for one of California's most marginalized communities.

The longest continuously operating Elk's Lodge in the country.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

The historic building's ornate stained glass fixture has survived the devastating 1906 earthquake, ensuing fires, and multiple redevelopment attempts.

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

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

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

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

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

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

Overflowing with shipping containers, this location has been transformed into a massive workspace for artists.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

A modern frieze of ancient Grecian mythological figures playing a national pastime.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.