Places SoCal Creature Wants to Go

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.

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

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

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

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

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

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

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

A quiet marker in memory of local men and women lost in WWI.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

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.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

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.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

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

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.