San Francisco Attractions
Discover the landmarks, hidden gems, and stories that make San Francisco unforgettable.
Landmarks
Baker Beach
Baker Beach.
Buena Vista Park
You're standing at the entrance to San Francisco's oldest park.
Cable Car Museum
This building is not a museum.
Chinatown
You're looking at the Dragon Gate — the entrance to the oldest Chinatown in North America.
Chinatown Alleys
Waverly Place.
City Lights Bookstore
See that triangular building on the corner? That's City Lights Bookstore — the first all-paperback bookstore in the United States, which in the early
Coit Tower
Look up.
Crissy Field
Crissy Field.
Dolores Park
You're standing on top of a Jewish cemetery.
Emperor Norton
You're on Commercial Street.
Ferry Building
Look at that clock tower.
Fisherman's Wharf / Pier 39
You can probably smell them before you see them.
Fort Point
Fort Point.
Ghirardelli Square
You can smell it before you see it — chocolate.
Golden Gate Bridge
There it is.
Golden Gate Bridge — South Vista
The Golden Gate Bridge.
Golden Gate Bridge — Walking the Span
You're on the bridge.
Haight-Ashbury
You're standing at the corner of Haight and Ashbury — possibly the most famous intersection in counterculture history.
Harvey Milk's Castro
See that bar on the corner — the one with the big plate-glass windows? That's Twin Peaks Tavern.
Hotaling's Warehouse
See that brick building? Four fifty-one Jackson Street.
Lombard Street
You're looking at the crookedest street in the world.
Mission Dolores
You're standing at the oldest building in San Francisco.
Old Ship Saloon
The Old Ship Saloon.
Pacific Avenue
Pacific Avenue.
Palace of Fine Arts
The Palace of Fine Arts.
Portsmouth Square
Portsmouth Square.
Presidio Main Post
The Presidio.
The Castro Theatre
Look at that facade.
The Painted Ladies
You're looking at the most photographed houses in San Francisco — seven Queen Anne Victorians lined up on a hill like they're posing for a class pictu
Transamerica Pyramid
Look up.
Union Square
See that column in the center of the square? Ninety-seven feet tall, bronze figure of Nike on top — the Greek goddess of victory, not the shoe company
Hear the stories behind these places
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