A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

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

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

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

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

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

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

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

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

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

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

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

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

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

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

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

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

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

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