This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

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

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

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

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

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

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

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

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

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

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

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

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