The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

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

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

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

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

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

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

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

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

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

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

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

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

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

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.