Jack’s Record Cellar
A record shop at 254 Scott Street that opens only on Saturdays from 2 to 7 PM. Founded in 1951, specializes in 78s and 45s, run by Wade Wright since 1961.
Attraction Category: Quirky & Offbeat
Big Eye Keane Paintings
Margaret Keane’s big-eyed paintings were one of the biggest art phenomena of the 1960s, sold from a San Francisco gallery under her husband’s name. The fraud unraveled in a courtroom paint-off in 1986.
Golden Fire Hydrant
A gold-painted fire hydrant at 20th and Church that reportedly saved the Mission District during the 1906 earthquake fires. Repainted every April 18th at 5:12 AM.
Vermont Street
Potrero Hill‘s Vermont Street has seven switchbacks between 20th and 22nd Streets. Site of the annual Bring Your Own Big Wheel race every Easter Sunday.
Hopper’s Hands
A pair of yellow metal hand outlines bolted to a fence behind Fort Point, made by Golden Gate Bridge ironworker Ken Hopper around 2000. Runners high-five them at the turnaround point on the Bay Trail.
Camera Obscura
A 1946 camera obscura at Lands End that projects the coastline onto a dish inside a small wooden shed. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory
Fortune cookies folded by hand in a Ross Alley shop, operating since 1962.