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

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

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

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

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

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

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

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

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

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

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

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

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

This sculpture of a bowler hat is complemented by a matching umbrella a few blocks away.

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.

Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.