Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.

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

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

Overflowing with shipping containers, this location has been transformed into a massive workspace for artists.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

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

Get a taste of Chamorro cuisine, family-style, at this popular restaurant.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

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

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

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

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

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

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

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

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

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

A plaque marks the former home of Käthe Paulus, an aerial acrobat who invented the modern folding parachute.

Inside this Jewish cemetery is a memorial to soldiers who deserted the German army and were executed.

The site of good faith and good nature in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.