An artisanal toy-maker’s works are highlighted in this museum dedicated to the craft of toys.

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

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

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

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

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

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

Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.

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

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

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

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

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

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

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

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

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

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.