The longest continuously operating Elk's Lodge in the country.

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

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

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

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

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

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

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

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

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

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

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

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

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

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

Half of a house.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

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