A monument to the love people have for their pets.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

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

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

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

A quiet marker in memory of local men and women lost in WWI.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

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

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

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

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

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