A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

The largest mural in the world painted by a single artist.

Created by Catalan artist Joan Miró in 1978 and made up of 350,000 tiles, this mural is the only large-scale glass mosaic the artist ever created.

After retiring, Gary Pendergrass turned his yard into a wonderland of outsider art.

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

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

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

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 speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

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

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

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.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

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

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

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

Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.