Places SingingMouse Wants to Go

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

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.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

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

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

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

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.