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

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

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

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

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

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

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

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

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

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.