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The street is famous for a small section near the top of Russian Hill, between Hyde and Leavenworth streets. Here the hill is so steep (27°) that it would be too dangerous for most vehicles, so between 1922 and 1923 this part of Lombard Street was transformed into a switchback with eight sharp turns.

The crooked section of the street, which is about 1/4 mile (400 m) long, is reserved for one-way traffic traveling east (downhill) and is paved with red bricks. The speed limit in this section is 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h).

2. Cherry Blossom Street, Bonn, Germany

Cherry Blossom Street (Heerstrabe) is located in the German city of Bonn. It is a peaceful street over which, a series of beautiful trees of cherry blossoms droop. Spring becomes alive when the blossoms are in full bloom overhead.

Two such roads in Bonn has cherry trees planted around but the mostly travelled is Heerstrabe. Cherry blossoms are said to last for 7- 10 days on average and it greatly depends on weather conditions.

3. Street in Orvieto, Italy

Orvieto is a city in Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff. The site of the city is among the most dramatic in Europe, rising above the almost-vertical faces of tuff cliffs that are completed by defensive walls built of the same stone called Tufa. This beautiful city is full of charming narrow streets, like this one in the picture above.

4. Acorn Street, Boston, USA

This famous street is located in Beacon Hill, a historic neighborhood of Boston. Acorn Street, often mentioned as the "most frequently photographed street in the United States."

It is a narrow lane paved with cobblestones that was home to coachmen employed by families in Mt. Vernon and Chestnut Street mansions.

5. FiskargräND, Visby, Sweden

Fish Alley (FiskargräND) is a street of Visby and it is one of the most photographed streets in Sweden. The area where FiskargräND lies is popularly called "Fish root" from the 1600s onwards. FiskargräND, adjoining neighborhood fishermen, has been used as a street name since the 1750s. Climbing roses, among other plants, were planted in the early 1940s.