A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

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

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

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

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

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

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

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.