Places TheWanderBroad Wants to Go

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

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.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

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

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

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

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

This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).

Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

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

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.