In 1967, 100,000 artists, activists, and hippies gathered in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood for the Summer of Love. Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix played free concerts for fields of college dropouts, and San Francisco established itself as a countercultural capital. More than 50 years later, in a city increasingly known for Twitter and tech rather than art and activism, travelers who come on a pilgrimage are often disappointed to find expensive, skin-deep psychedelia. But if you know where to look, you’ll find a walk down Haight Street to be wonderfully weird, full of historic links to hippiedom and modern takes on the vibe.
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The strange and unusual places Atlas Obscura readers wanted to visit most in the “City by the Bay” in 2018.
Including Seward Street Slides, Labyrinth at Land’s End, and The Wave Organ
Play real-life Chutes and Ladders at these obscure thruways.
Including Secret Tiled Staircase, Winfield Street Slides , and Howe Street Stairs
