A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.

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

A modern frieze of ancient Grecian mythological figures playing a national pastime.

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

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

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

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

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

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

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

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

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

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