At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

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

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

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

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

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

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

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

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

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

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

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

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

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

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

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Russian history in San Francisco.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.