Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

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

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

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

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

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

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

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

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

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

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

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

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

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.