Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

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

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

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

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

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

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

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

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

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

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

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

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

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.