A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

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

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

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

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

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

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

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

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

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

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

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

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

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

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

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

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

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

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