Places skdewberry Wants to Go

Russian history in San Francisco.

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

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

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

Half of a house.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

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

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.