The last used bookstore in Downtown San Francisco is one of the smallest bookstores just about anywhere.

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.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

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

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

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

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

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

A unique and poignant sidewalk mural commemorates the deaths of two striking workers.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

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

Wander down a side street dedicated to one of the members of the Beat Generation.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

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

Through a gap in a chain link fence behind an auto shop is one of Arlington’s oldest family cemeteries.

Enjoy a brandy old fashioned with this petrified pet in a bar devoted to the local press.

Home to the first child born to English colonists in North America, this colony mysteriously disappeared while waiting for supplies.

Some of the world’s most popular songs came out of this building.

One of the oldest and tallest lighthouses still in service on Lake Michigan.

The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.