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

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

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

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

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

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

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

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

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

This mysterious series of teeny guerrilla installations sheds a whimsical light on street art in Oakland.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

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

Antiques by the Bay.

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