Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

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

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

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

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

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

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

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

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

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

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.