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

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

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

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

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

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

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

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

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

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

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

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

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

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

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

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

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

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.