There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

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

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

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

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

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

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

A four paneled, brightly multicolored mosaic adorns the side of this popular grocery store.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

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

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

Malcolm X's house during his most formative years faces an uncertain future.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.