Places waywardwillard Wants to Go

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

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

Reverend Franzo Wayne King administers spiritual enlightenment through the music of the jazz legend.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

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

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

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

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

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

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

Russian history in San Francisco.

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

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

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

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

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.