Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

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

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

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

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

Half of a house.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

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

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

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.