Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

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

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

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

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

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

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

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

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

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

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

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

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

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.