Places Marbles07 Wants to Go

Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.

California's most comprehensive horticultural library.

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

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

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

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

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

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

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

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

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

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

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

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

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

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.