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

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

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

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

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

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

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

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

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

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.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

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

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

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

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

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

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

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

Sitting atop San Francisco's tallest hill, a cross honors the victims of the Armenian genocide.

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

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.