A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

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

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

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

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

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

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

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

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

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.