Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

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

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

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

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

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

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

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

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

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

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.