Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

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

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

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

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

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.

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

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

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

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

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

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

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.