At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

A playing field for a popular French past time can be found tucked away in a quiet corner of Golden Gate Park.

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

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

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

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

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

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

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

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.