L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.

Lombard Street may be more famous, but this is the real “crookedest street in the world.”

This colorful boulder serves as a canvas for political statements and artistic expression.

Wander down a side street dedicated to one of the members of the Beat Generation.

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

This sailor's boneyard was lost under a parking lot for decades before being rediscovered.

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

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.