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

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

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

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

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

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

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

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

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

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

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

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

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

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

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

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

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.