Places kiserk Wants to Go

Social saloon from a scrapped trans-Pacific 19th century steamer.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

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

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

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

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

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

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

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

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

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

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

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

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.