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

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

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

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

Reverend Franzo Wayne King administers spiritual enlightenment through the music of the jazz legend.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

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

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

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

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

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

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

Russian history in San Francisco.

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

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

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

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

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.