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

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

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

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

Half of a house.

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

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

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

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

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

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

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

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

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

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

A quiet marker in memory of local men and women lost in WWI.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.