Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

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

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

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

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

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

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

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

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

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

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

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

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

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 oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

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

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.