Places rachelannpr Wants to Go

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

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

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

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

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

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

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Outside San Francisco lies a small clown cemetery and memorial.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

This odd little museum holds exhibits on everything from blacksmith equipment to hair jewelry.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

Get three sheets to the wind at this desert winery with a nautical theme.

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.