Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

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

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

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

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

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

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

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

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

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

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

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

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

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

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

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.