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Thanks for reading my profile! My name is Mark, and I am a financial advisor and hobby musician in California's Bay Area. When Friday comes, I like to hit the open road. During my weekend road trips I like to hike, mountain bike and explore off-the-beaten path places.
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The cemetery in 2014

San Francisco, California

Presidio Pet Cemetery

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

Boutique below and legs above

San Francisco, California

Dangling Legs at the Piedmont Boutique

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

The mysterious Dentzel goat

San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Park Vintage Carousel

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

Lotta's Fountain

San Francisco, California

Lotta's Fountain

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

Vallaincourt Fountain
Permanently Closed

San Francisco, California

Vaillancourt Fountain

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

Mission Dolores Cemetery

San Francisco, California

Mission Dolores Cemetery

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

Palace of Fine Arts

San Francisco, California

Palace of Fine Arts

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

"Anti-Saloon League San Francisco Est. 1920" A sign seen outside Bourbon & Branch.

San Francisco, California

Bourbon & Branch

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

The wild parrots of Telegraph Hill

San Francisco, California

The Parrots of Telegraph Hill

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Main entrance to the Exploratorium at Pier 15

San Francisco, California

Exploratorium

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

View of the ruins from the hillside. The original stairs would have come down on the far left. The curved edge of the original aquarium and the outline of the diving well are on the right.

San Francisco, California

Ruins of the Sutro Baths

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

The Japanese Tea Garden.

San Francisco, California

Japanese Tea Garden

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

(Audium press photo)

San Francisco, California

Audium Theatre of Sound-Sculptured Space

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

Harmony Borax Works

Furnace Creek, California

Harmony Borax Works

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

Artist's Drive

Inyo County, California

Artist's Drive

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

The aptly named Giant Rock.

Landers, California

Giant Rock

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

The Integratron by day.

Landers, California

The Integratron

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

Spruce Street Suspension Bridge

San Diego, California

Spruce Street Suspension Bridge

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

A viewof the "Looff Carousel," a carousel that was originally built in the late 1800's, and first put into service in 1895.

San Diego, California

1895 Looff Carousel

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

1883 Schoolhouse.

Encinitas, California

1883 Schoolhouse

The oldest structure in a beachside California city was built to serve eight students.

Encinitas Boat Houses

Encinitas, California

Encinitas Boat Houses

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

Surfing Madonna.

Encinitas, California

Surfing Madonna

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

California's Old Faithful.

Calistoga, California

California's Old Faithful

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

Point Vicente Lighthouse

Rancho Palos Verdes, California

Point Vicente Lighthouse

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

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