Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

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

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

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

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

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

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

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

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reverend Franzo Wayne King administers spiritual enlightenment through the music of the jazz legend.

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.

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

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.