A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

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

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

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

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

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

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

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

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

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

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

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.