Places riedermarcus Wants to Go

This volcanic crater lake is renowned for its perfectly round shape, stunning blue-green waters, and unique geological properties.

An eighteenth-century fantasy where monkeys, dragons, and Chinese courtiers emerge from walls made entirely of porcelain.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

This campus monument honors Katherine Johnson, who hand-calculated the trajectory for America’s first human spaceflight and safely land Apollo 11 on the moon.

A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

The maze-like transportation hub contains abandoned areas, derelict stores, and a resident bat colony.

A giant roundabout made up of six smaller roundabouts can befuddle the uninitiated.

This mechanical clock performs "Romeo and Juliet" in a Shakespeare-themed New Zealand town.

Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.

A hundred copies of Antony Gormley's naked body stare out across the water.

Always a new use for this old building.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

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

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

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

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.