Places EricaInCA Wants to Go

A quiet marker in memory of local men and women lost in WWI.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

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

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

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

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 only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

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

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.