Places flaneux Wants to Go

This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.

Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

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

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

Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.

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).

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

California's most comprehensive horticultural library.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

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