Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

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

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

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

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

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

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.