Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

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

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

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

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

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

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

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

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

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

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

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.