A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

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

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

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 century-old Christmas Tree.

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

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

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

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

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

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

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.