Places micheleshreeve Wants to Go

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

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

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

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

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

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

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

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

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

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

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

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

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

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

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.