Places SelinSari Wants to Go

Luxury hotel turned into a refugee camp, then turned back into a luxury hotel.

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

The historic building's ornate stained glass fixture has survived the devastating 1906 earthquake, ensuing fires, and multiple redevelopment attempts.

The last used bookstore in Downtown San Francisco is one of the smallest bookstores just about anywhere.

This historic roadhouse has many tales to tell of San Francisco's early history.

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

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

In the basement of a San Francisco performing arts center, a small museum dedicated to the history of showgirls.

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

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

Get a taste of Chamorro cuisine, family-style, at this popular restaurant.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

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

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.