Places Risa Roo Wants to Go

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

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

For nearly 50 years, this San Francisco nonprofit has been serving as a mix of recycling center and art school.

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

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

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.

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.

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

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

Where a demonstration led to equal rights for one of California's most marginalized communities.

This colorful boulder serves as a canvas for political statements and artistic expression.

Around the perimeter of San Francisco’s second-largest park is a meandering 2.7-mile path designed to inspire contemplation.

Wander down a side street dedicated to one of the members of the Beat Generation.

Lombard Street may be more famous, but this is the real “crookedest street in the world.”

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.