Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

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

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

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

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

A quiet marker in memory of local men and women lost in WWI.

A playing field for a popular French past time can be found tucked away in a quiet corner of Golden Gate Park.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

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

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

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

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

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

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

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

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

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

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