Places marygerush Wants to Go

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

A Milwaukee museum provides an unsparing and ultimately empowering look at the Black American experience.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

The historic building's ornate stained glass fixture has survived the devastating 1906 earthquake, ensuing fires, and multiple redevelopment attempts.

This historic roadhouse has many tales to tell of San Francisco's early history.

The oldest alley in San Francisco is paved with a reminder of the city's original shoreline.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

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

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

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

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

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

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

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