The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

Lifelike statue of the Chinese philosopher in the bathtub.

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

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

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

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

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

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

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

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

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

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

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

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

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

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