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

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

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

Antiques by the Bay.

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

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

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

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

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

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.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

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

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

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

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