This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

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

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

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

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

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

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

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

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.

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

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

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

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.