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

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

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

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

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

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

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

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

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

The largest drain hole in the world.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

Half of a house.