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

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

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

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

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

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

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

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

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

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

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

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

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

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

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

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.