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

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

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

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

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

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

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

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

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

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

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

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

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

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

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.