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

Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.

This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).

A playing field for a popular French past time can be found tucked away in a quiet corner of Golden Gate Park.

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

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

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

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

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

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

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

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

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

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

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

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.