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

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

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

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

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

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

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

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

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

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

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

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

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

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

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

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