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

This historic roadhouse has many tales to tell of San Francisco's early history.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

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

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

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

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

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

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

Half of a house.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

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

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

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

The oldest alley in San Francisco is paved with a reminder of the city's original shoreline.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

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