A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

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

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

Half of a house.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

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

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

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

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

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

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

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

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

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

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

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

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

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.