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

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

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

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

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

Half of a house.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

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

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

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

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

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

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

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.