A quiet marker in memory of local men and women lost in WWI.

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

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

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

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

Russian history in San Francisco.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

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

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

Half of a house.

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

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

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

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.