A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

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

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

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

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

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

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.