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

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

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

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

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

An art collective teaching the more fiery, metal-y art forms.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

An abandoned convention space that has been left to the homeless and the radical.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

Antiques by the Bay.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

The longest burning light bulb in the world.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.