Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

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

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.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

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

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

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.

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

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

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A tribute to the artist and activist who created the rainbow pride flag.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

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

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A giant statue perched on dumpsters watches over the freeway.

In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin briefly ran their fledgling company from this Silicon Valley garage.

The world’s first stop-motion film was created on the racetrack outside this building.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.