Places kimmberlybowen Wants to Go

Reverend Franzo Wayne King administers spiritual enlightenment through the music of the jazz legend.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

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

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

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

An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.

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.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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

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

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

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

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

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.