Places drsupherpen Wants to Go

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

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

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

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

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

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

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

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

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

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

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

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

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

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

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

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

The longest burning light bulb in the world.

An archive of nearly every day of Buckminster Fuller's life.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.