Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

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

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

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

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

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

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

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

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

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

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

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.