Places grubbyfeet Wants to Go

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

In the basement of a San Francisco performing arts center, a small museum dedicated to the history of showgirls.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

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

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

A large instrument played by the wind.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.