A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

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

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

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

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

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

This sailor's boneyard was lost under a parking lot for decades before being rediscovered.

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

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

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

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

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

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

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

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