Places tjhoek Wants to Go

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

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

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

The stone walls of a home built to withstand a California wildfire still stand after more than a century.

A bomb shelter and some fireplaces are all that remain of the house Fred Roberts tried so hard to keep standing.

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

Hidden on the seventh floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.