Places Jessfrawg Wants to Go

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

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

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

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

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

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.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

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

The historic building's ornate stained glass fixture has survived the devastating 1906 earthquake, ensuing fires, and multiple redevelopment attempts.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Half of a house.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

The longest continuously operating Elk's Lodge in the country.

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

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).

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.