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

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

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

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

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

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

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

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

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

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

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Russian history in San Francisco.