The longest continuously operating Elk's Lodge in the country.

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

A quiet marker in memory of local men and women lost in WWI.

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

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

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

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

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

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

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

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

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

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

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.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

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

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.