One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

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

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

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

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

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

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

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

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

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

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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