A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

Overflowing with shipping containers, this location has been transformed into a massive workspace for artists.

Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.

Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

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

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

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

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

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

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

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

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

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