Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

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

Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.

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

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

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

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

Russian history in San Francisco.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

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

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

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

Half of a house.