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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

California's most comprehensive horticultural library.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

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

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

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

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

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

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

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

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

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

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

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

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

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

A 1914 beaux arts auditorium that sat shuttered for 20 years, restored and reopened in 2026

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.