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

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

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

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

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

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

A playing field for a popular French past time can be found tucked away in a quiet corner of Golden Gate Park.

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

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

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

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

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

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

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

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

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."