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The final marker

San Francisco, California

Western Terminus of the Lincoln Highway

The United States' first transcontinental automobile road came to its end at this spot in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.

All that remians of the great Fleishhacker Pool

San Francisco, California

Fleishhacker Pool Ruins

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

The last known Carville house.

San Francisco, California

Last Known Carville House

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

The gigantic Murphy Windmill

San Francisco, California

Murphy Windmill

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

Vintage postcard showing model yachts on Spreckels Lake

San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Park Model Yacht Club

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

Golden Gate Park Bison

San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Park Bison

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

An open glen is home to the trees that represent the native state alliance

San Francisco, California

Arch of Colonial Trees

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

Cracks in the foundation

San Francisco, California

Sweeney Observatory Site

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

Albino Redwood

San Francisco, California

Albino Redwood

Under the shadow of its towering parent tree, a rare specimen of sequoia produces ghostly white leaves.

Vintage postcard showing Alvord Lakelet and Alvord Bridge in the distance

San Francisco, California

Alvord Lake Bridge

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

They were built in 1979.

San Francisco, California

Esmeralda Slide Park

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Peephole Cinema.

San Francisco, California

Peephole Cinema

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

The Golden Fire Hydrant

San Francisco, California

The Golden Fire Hydrant

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

One of San Francisco's Victorian mansions has a trippy surprise inside.

San Francisco, California

Institute of Illegal Images

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

You can make out individual letters and portions of words.

San Francisco, California

Buena Vista Park Tombstones

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

Sanctuary interior.

San Francisco, California

Swedenborgian Church

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

The fictional Tanner's residence.

San Francisco, California

The 'Full House' House

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

Benkyodo
Permanently Closed

San Francisco, California

Benkyodo

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

(Audium press photo)

San Francisco, California

Audium Theatre of Sound-Sculptured Space

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

Hotel Majestic

San Francisco, California

Hotel Majestic

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

San Francisco's Standard station.

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.

Staircase at Hotel Vertigo

San Francisco, California

Hotel Vertigo

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

Cable Car Museum

San Francisco, California

San Francisco's Cable Car Museum

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

The never-completed archway of the Tobin house.

San Francisco, California

Tobin House

Half of a house.

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