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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

San Francisco, California

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This is the place to really experience San Francisco's seafaring past. Six of the seven wooden boats moored at the park's Hyde Street Pier are national landmarks, including the square...

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Musée Méchanique

San Francisco, California

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A part of Fisherman's Wharf, a walk into the Musée Mécanique (French for "mechanical museum") is like taking a step back in time before video games, iPods, and other means...

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California Academy of Sciences

San Francisco, California

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Topped with a living roof, the newly rebuilt California Academy of Sciences is home to an aquarium, planetarium and natural history museum. ...

Science & Nature Museum
Special Collection

Think of it as the next best thing to a mad scientist's lab, except that everything is based on solid science! The Exploratorium explains—and demonstrates with hundreds of touchable exhibits that engage the senses....

Science & Nature Museum

Aquarium of the Bay

San Francisco, California

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It's hard not to be distracted by the sprawling, brawling, and barking sea lions on the west side of Pier 39, but more sealife awaits at the nearby revamped Aquarium...

Fort Point

San Francisco, California

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Overlooking the famous Golden Gate Bridge, this army fort helped protect the city during the U.S. Civil War...

Historical Landmark

Pier 39

San Francisco, California

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Pier 39 is one of those tourist traps that locals love to hate -- except we, too, go there to see our beloved sea lions. They sprawl -- and brawl, and bark...

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Red and White Fleet

San Francisco, California

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Early San Francisco residents arriving by boat first saw the city from the water, and the view has continued to stun visitors ever since. The standard one-hour tour takes...