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

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

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

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

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

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

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

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

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

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

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.