A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

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

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

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

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

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

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

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

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

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.