Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

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

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

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.

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

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

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

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

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.