City Guide

San Francisco, California

15 places in our San Francisco notes and counting — The Tonga Room, Esmeralda Slide Park, and Institute of Illegal Images among them. The detours outnumber the days here. Below: where to start, and where to stay while you do.

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The Tonga Room: San Francisco's Premier Nob Hill Tiki Escape

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Esmeralda Slide Park: San Francisco’s Hidden Hillside Escape

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Institute of Illegal Images: San Francisco’s Massive Blotter Art Archive

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Audium Theatre: San Francisco’s Immersive Sound-Sculptured Space

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Japanese Tea Garden: A Living Legacy of the 1894 Midwinter Expo

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Conservatory of Flowers: A Victorian Glasshouse of Carnivorous Wonders

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Good Vibrations Antique Vibrator Museum: A History of Hidden Pleasure

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Wood Line: A Serpentine Sculpture Hidden in the Presidio

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Albion Castle: San Francisco's Secret Medieval Brewery and Aquifer

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Peephole Cinema: A Secret Miniature Theater in the Mission

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Alcatraz Island: Layers of History on San Francisco's Inescapable Rock

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Magowan's Infinite Mirror Maze: A Neon Labyrinth on Pier 39

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