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

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

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

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

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

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

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

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

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 legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.