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

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

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

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

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

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

Half of a house.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.