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

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

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.

Half of a house.

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.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.