Places tsrzad Wants to Go

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

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

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

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

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

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

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

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

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

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

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

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

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

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

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

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

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

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

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

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

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

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