Places hjtore Wants to Go

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

The last Americana on Route 66.

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

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

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

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

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

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

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

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

This hands-on math museum believes in turning concepts into constructs.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.