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

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

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

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

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

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

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

Once designed as a natural history museum, this building is now home to a massive art gallery.

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

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

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

Half of a house.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

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

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

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.