An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

An abandoned convention space that has been left to the homeless and the radical.

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

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

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

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

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

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

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

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

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

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

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.