A library and museum dedicated to typography.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

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

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

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

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A surreal pile of colorful junk fills a small yard in an otherwise gray neighborhood.

One of the largest collections of socialist realist art shows the surprising depth of the official art of the Soviet Union.

This small museum is basically a time capsule of daily life in the Soviet Union.

A tribute to a Hollywood icon far from Tinseltown.

An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.