Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

A playing field for a popular French past time can be found tucked away in a quiet corner of Golden Gate Park.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

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

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

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

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

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

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

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