A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

Overflowing with shipping containers, this location has been transformed into a massive workspace for artists.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

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

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

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

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

Russian history in San Francisco.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.