Places thirstymaenad Wants to Go

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

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

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

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

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

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

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

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

Russian history in San Francisco.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

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

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

Half of a house.

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

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

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.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.