Places sierrawest Wants to Go

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.

Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

A modern frieze of ancient Grecian mythological figures playing a national pastime.

Sitting atop San Francisco's tallest hill, a cross honors the victims of the Armenian genocide.

The longest continuously operating Elk's Lodge in the country.

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

Home to one of the world’s largest collections of model yachts.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

California's most comprehensive horticultural library.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

A playing field for a popular French past time can be found tucked away in a quiet corner of Golden Gate Park.

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.