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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

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

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.

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

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

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

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

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.