Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Sitting atop San Francisco's tallest hill, a cross honors the victims of the Armenian genocide.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

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

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

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

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.