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

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

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

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

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

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

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

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

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

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

Half of a house.

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

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

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

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

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

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