Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

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

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

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

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

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

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

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

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

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

Russian history in San Francisco.

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

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

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

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

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

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

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

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

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

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.