Places deichsel Wants to Go

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Social saloon from a scrapped trans-Pacific 19th century steamer.

One of the last remaining Carpenter Gothic churches is situated on a wildflower conservatory overlooking the bay.

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

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

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

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.