San Francisco, California
Stern of the Niantic
The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.
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San Francisco, California
The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.
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
A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.
Colma, California
This odd little museum holds exhibits on everything from blacksmith equipment to hair jewelry.
San Francisco, California
Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.
San Francisco, California
A miniature view of the park, caught in time.
San Francisco, California
Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.
San Francisco, California
The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.
San Francisco, California
The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.
San Francisco, California
A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.
San Francisco, California
Half of a house.
San Francisco, California
A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.
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 stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.
San Francisco, California
A monument to the love people have for their pets.
San Francisco, California
The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.
San Francisco, California
A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.
San Francisco, California
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
San Francisco, California
A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.
San Francisco, California
A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.
San Francisco, California
A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.
San Francisco, California
A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.