Places jilliangbradshaw5 Wants to Go

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

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

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

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

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

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

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

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.