Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

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

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

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

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

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

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

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

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

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

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

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

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

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

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