The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

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

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

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

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

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

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Russian history in San Francisco.

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

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

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

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

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

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

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

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