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.

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

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

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

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

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

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

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

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

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

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

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

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