Places Caytastrophy Wants to Go

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

This sculpture was made out of recycled guns that were turned in to the city.

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

Where a demonstration led to equal rights for one of California's most marginalized communities.

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

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

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

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

Get a taste of Chamorro cuisine, family-style, at this popular restaurant.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

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

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.