Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

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

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

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

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

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

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

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

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Antiques by the Bay.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."