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This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

For nearly 50 years, this San Francisco nonprofit has been serving as a mix of recycling center and art school.

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

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

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

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

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

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

A modern frieze of ancient Grecian mythological figures playing a national pastime.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

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

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

Check out a shovel along with your Shakespeare.

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

This bakery sits on the site of the Black Panther Party's first headquarters.

The longest continuously operating Elk's Lodge in the country.

This museum in San Francisco's Chinatown is one of the oldest and largest archives of Chinese American history and culture.

In the basement of a San Francisco performing arts center, a small museum dedicated to the history of showgirls.

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

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.