The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

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

A large instrument played by the wind.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.