Places Edited by Rachel James

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

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

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

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

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

Storage units with a wartime past.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

A basement full of treasures lies beneath this inn that has worn many hats throughout its 140+ years.

Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.

Ain't no party like a ghost town party.

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.

A series of gun powder chambers currently hidden from view within Nobbys Headland in Newcastle, Australia.

Asbestos pit mine abandoned in 1983 is still dangerous thirty years later.

A giant granite cross remembers missionary Father Frederic Baraga, and his safe passage across an angry Lake Superior.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

An unassuming grey box sitting on San Francisco's Pier 17 is a "sky diary" of the coastal city's temperamental weather.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

By standing on a particular paving stone in the courtyard, you'll hear an echo that shouldn't be.

The world's northernmost flowers cling tenuously to life on desolate Kaffeklubben Island.

A crumbling cathedral condemned by an earthquake.

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.