San Francisco International Airport (SFO), located just 13 miles south of downtown San Francisco, offers flights to points throughout North America and serves … More
Tag: San Francisco
The Bay Bridge
California’s Bay Bridge, connecting San Francisco with Oakland, is actually made up of two sections of roughly equal length which … More
TransAmerica Pyramid
The Transamerica Pyramid, currently the 2nd-tallest building in the San Francisco skyline, is a 48-storey futurist skyscraper located in the city’s Financial District. It was formerly the … More
Chinese Cuisine
Chinese cuisine is actually a diverse mix of cuisines originating not only from the numerous regions of mainland China, including Hong Kong and … More
Memories of the Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, popularly referred to as just the Bay Area, is frequently defined as including the nine … More
Ghirardelli Square
Ghirardelli Square is located in the marina area of San Francisco, at the eastern end of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. In … More
Hard Rock, Part 1: Cafés
The original Hard Rock Café was co-founded in 1971 by two Americans in London’s West End. Since then, it has grown to … More
Palace of Fine Arts
Built around a small artificial lagoon, the Palace of Fine Arts, located in the Marina District of San Francisco, is a monumental structure originally … More
Other Recommended ART MUSEUMS
Here is a list of a few dozen more art museums around the world that I would recommend with an … More
San Francisco Cable Cars
San Francisco is home to the world’s last manually operated cable car system. As a popular city icon, serving over 7 million … More
Coast Starlight Train
The Coast Starlight is a passenger train which has been in continuous operation along the U.S. West Coast since Amtrak’s formation in 1971. … More
Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Island, located 1.25 miles offshore in San Francisco Bay, derives its name from the Arabic word al-ġaţţās, meaning “the diver”. … More
Fisherman’s Wharf/Pier 39
The Fisherman’s Wharf neighborhood of San Francisco is a popular tourist attraction which roughly encompasses the city’s northern waterfront area between Ghirardelli Square (Van Ness Avenue) … More
Asian Art Museum (San Francisco)
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco houses one of the world’s most comprehensive Asian art collections, featuring a permanent art … More
Yosemite, Part 2: Hetch Hetchy Valley
The Hetch Hetchy Valley, a V-shaped river canyon cut out by the ancestral Tuolumne River during the last glacial period … More
Lombard Street
Lombard Street in San Fransisco, co-designated as part of U.S. Route 101, is famous for its steep, one-block section made up of eight … More
Japanese Tea Garden
The Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park is the oldest public Japanese garden in the U.S. and rumored … More
Haight-Ashbury
Haight-Ashbury is a district of San Francisco, named for the intersection of two streets commemorating two early San Francisco leaders … More
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