The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

The oldest alley in San Francisco is paved with a reminder of the city's original shoreline.

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

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

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

For decades, the parade of apostles that left the Expiatory Temple of Guadalajara remained hidden inside one of the towers.

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

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

Two pillars set 10 paces apart commemorate the "last notable American duel."

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

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

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