The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

This fine-dining restaurant features native New Zealand ingredients and Māori cooking.

This now abandoned restaurant provides some of the most amazing views of Lisboa.

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

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

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

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

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

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

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.