Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Get a taste of Chamorro cuisine, family-style, at this popular restaurant.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

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

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

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

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

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

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

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

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

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

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