Places Nytshaed Wants to Go

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

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

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

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

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

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

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

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

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

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

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.