Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

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

Russian history in San Francisco.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

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

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

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

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A famous flea market artist's studio that's full of odds and ends.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.

Remnants of a forgotten 1920s speakeasy and Prohibition-era murals were discovered in its basement.

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.