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

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

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.