Places beaugunderson Wants to Go

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

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

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

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

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

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

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

Overflowing with shipping containers, this location has been transformed into a massive workspace for artists.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).

The last used bookstore in Downtown San Francisco is one of the smallest bookstores just about anywhere.

Half of a house.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

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

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

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

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

Wander down a side street dedicated to one of the members of the Beat Generation.

Lombard Street may be more famous, but this is the real “crookedest street in the world.”

Around the perimeter of San Francisco’s second-largest park is a meandering 2.7-mile path designed to inspire contemplation.