San Francisco, California
Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture
California's most comprehensive horticultural library.
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San Francisco, California
California's most comprehensive horticultural library.
San Francisco, California
A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.
San Francisco, California
This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.
San Francisco, California
This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.
San Francisco, California
America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.
San Francisco, California
This historic roadhouse has many tales to tell of San Francisco's early history.
San Francisco, California
The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.
San Francisco, California
This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.
San Francisco, California
The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.
San Francisco, California
Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.
San Francisco, California
A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.
San Francisco, California
A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.
San Francisco, California
A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.
San Francisco, California
An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.
San Francisco, California
Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.
San Francisco, California
Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
San Francisco, California
This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.
San Francisco, California
This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.
San Francisco, California
This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.
San Francisco, California
Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.
San Francisco, California
Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.