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

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

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

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

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

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

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

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

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

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

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

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

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

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.