Places Nytshaed Wants to Go

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

This sculpture was made out of recycled guns that were turned in to the city.

Where a demonstration led to equal rights for one of California's most marginalized communities.

The United States' first transcontinental automobile road came to its end at this spot in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

A tribute to the artist and activist who created the rainbow pride flag.

Under the shadow of its towering parent tree, a rare specimen of sequoia produces ghostly white leaves.

Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).

Get a taste of Chamorro cuisine, family-style, at this popular restaurant.