A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

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

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

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

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

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

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

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

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

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

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

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

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

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

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

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

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

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.