Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

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

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

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

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

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.

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

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

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

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

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

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

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.