These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

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

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

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

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

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

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

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

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

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

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

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

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

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

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

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

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

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

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.