Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

A playing field for a popular French past time can be found tucked away in a quiet corner of Golden Gate Park.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

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

The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

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

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

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

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

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

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.