San Francisco, California
John McLaren Statue
The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
San Francisco, California
Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption
The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”
San Francisco, California
Phelan Building
The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
The Last Standard Oil Company Gas Station in California
Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.
San Francisco, California
Westin St. Francis Hotel
Only hotel where you can legally launder money.
San Francisco, California
Ruth Asawa’s San Francisco Fountain
Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.
San Francisco, California
Birthplace of Isadora Duncan
Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.
San Francisco, California
Banker's Heart
A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.
San Francisco, California
Plaque to Bummer & Lazarus
Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.
San Francisco, California
Site of the San Francisco Hippodrome
An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.
San Francisco, California
The Head of The Goddess of Progress
This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.
San Francisco, California
Spreckels Temple of Music
An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.
San Francisco, California
The Dore Vase
A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.
San Francisco, California
Corporate Goddess Sculptures
Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.
San Francisco, California
Admission Day Monument Octopuses
A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.
San Francisco, California
Stern of the Niantic
The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.
San Francisco, California
Portrait of Emperor Norton
A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's Peregrine Falcons
Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.
San Francisco, California
McElroy Octagon House
One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.
San Francisco, California
Site of the Niantic
Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.
San Francisco, California
Tenderloin National Forest
A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.
San Francisco, California
Janis Joplin Tree
A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.
San Francisco, California
Hotel Majestic
San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.
San Francisco, California
The Tenderloin Museum
A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.
