Places Annie Oortman Wants to Go

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

A large instrument played by the wind.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.