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

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

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

The oldest alley in San Francisco is paved with a reminder of the city's original shoreline.

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

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

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

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

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

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

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

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

A four paneled, brightly multicolored mosaic adorns the side of this popular grocery store.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.