Places Edited by Annetta Black

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

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

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

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

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

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

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

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

A sinuous monument to the first person who was struck by a meteorite.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.

An abandoned bait shop with a front lot filled with storage boxes.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

Dedicated to the history of the health sciences.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

Astonishing collection of helmets, scientific instruments, and medical models.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.