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.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

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

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

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

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

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

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

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

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

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

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