The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

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

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

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

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

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

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

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

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

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

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

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

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

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

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