Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

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

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

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

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

A quiet marker in memory of local men and women lost in WWI.

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.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

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

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

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

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

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

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

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

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

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

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

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.