This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

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

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

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

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

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

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

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

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

Half of a house.

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

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

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

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

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.