An infamous house made famous by director Takashi Shimizu.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

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

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

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.

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

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

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

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

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

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

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

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

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

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

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

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.