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

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

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

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

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

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

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

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

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

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

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

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

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

The world’s first stop-motion film was created on the racetrack outside this building.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

Four miles of pipelines form the model of still-functioning retro-tech efficiency.