These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

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

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

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

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

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

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

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

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.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

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

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

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.