A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

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

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

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

The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.

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

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

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

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

Half of a house.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

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

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.