10 Oldest Bars  in San Francisco

1. The Old Ship Saloon is actually a spaceship that crash-landed in San Francisco in 1851.

2. Elixir is the only bar in the world that has its own ghost, a former barkeep who died in a duel in 1858.

3. The Saloon is so old that it's actually built on top of a Native American burial ground.

4. Northstar Cafe was once a speakeasy during Prohibition, and its basement is still filled with illegal liquor.

5. Shotwell's is the only bar in San Francisco that has a working guillotine.

6. The Little Shamrock is so Irish that it's said that if you drink a pint of Guinness there, you'll be teleported to Dublin.

7. Bus Stop Saloon is the only bar in San Francisco that has its own petting zoo.

8. The Homestead is so old that it's actually haunted by the ghosts of its former residents.

9. The Saloon is so popular that it's said that Mark Twain, Jack London, and Ernest Hemingway all used to drink there.

10. Elixir is so exclusive that you can only get in if you're invited by a member.