The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

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

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

Russian history in San Francisco.

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

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

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

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

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

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

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

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.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

Half of a house.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

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

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

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

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