This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

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

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

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

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

This colorful boulder serves as a canvas for political statements and artistic expression.

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

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

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

A tribute to the artist and activist who created the rainbow pride flag.

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.