The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

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

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

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

This small, round building is the entrance to a bomb shelter built in anticipation of World War II.

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

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

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

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

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

The oldest alley in San Francisco is paved with a reminder of the city's original shoreline.

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

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

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

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

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

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