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

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

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

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

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

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

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

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

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

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

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

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

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

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.