This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

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

Lombard Street may be more famous, but this is the real “crookedest street in the world.”

This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

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

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

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

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

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

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Experience the life of an 1800's lumberjack at this interactive museum that is only accessible by railroad.

This huge stew pot is the focal point of the "Community Soup" event, which honors tradition and soup.

Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.

This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.

Detroit’s Eastern Market has been transformed into an outdoor museum with colorful murals that address social issues and symbolize the city.