Sitting atop San Francisco's tallest hill, a cross honors the victims of the Armenian genocide.

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

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

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

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

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

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

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

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

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

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

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

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

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

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

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

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

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

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.