Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

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

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

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

Reverend Franzo Wayne King administers spiritual enlightenment through the music of the jazz legend.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

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

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

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

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

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

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

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

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

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

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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