Places Pengwn Wants to Go

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

Four miles of pipelines form the model of still-functioning retro-tech efficiency.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

This remarkably intact, 260-year-old cargo ship is only visible at the lowest of spring tides.

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

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

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

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

A playing field for a popular French past time can be found tucked away in a quiet corner of Golden Gate Park.

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

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.

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

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

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.