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A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

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

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

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

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

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

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

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

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

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

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

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

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

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

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.