In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

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

The United States' first transcontinental automobile road came to its end at this spot in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.

Sitting atop San Francisco's tallest hill, a cross honors the victims of the Armenian genocide.

Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

In the basement of a San Francisco performing arts center, a small museum dedicated to the history of showgirls.

This museum in San Francisco's Chinatown is one of the oldest and largest archives of Chinese American history and culture.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

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

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

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

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

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

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

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.