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Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

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

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

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

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

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

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

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

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

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

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

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

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

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

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

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.