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

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

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

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

This historic roadhouse has many tales to tell of San Francisco's early history.

For nearly 50 years, this San Francisco nonprofit has been serving as a mix of recycling center and art school.

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.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

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

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

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

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.

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.

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.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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