San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

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

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

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

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

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

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

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

Half of a house.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.