Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

The timepiece that exonerated a labor radical accused of a parade bombing that killed ten people.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

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

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.