Places jordank Wants to Go

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

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

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

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

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

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.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

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

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

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

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

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

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.