Places waywardwillard Wants to Go

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

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

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

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

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

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

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.

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

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

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