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.

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.

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

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

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

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

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

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.

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

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

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

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

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

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

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.