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Things to Do in San Francisco, California

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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...

  • Boat Ride

  • Boat Tour

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...

  • Park

  • 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...

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

Golden Gate Park

San Francisco, California

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Your kids will never tire of climbing the park's famously steep Drum Bridge in the Japanese Tea Garden, or looking for carp in the lily ponds. And while you're admiring...

  • Park

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...

  • Historical Landmark

  • Boutique

Fisherman's Wharf

San Francisco, California

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It's touristy (lined with the requisite street vendors and souvenir shops), and it doesn't really have anything to do with fishing anymore, but there's a reason why visitors flock to...

  • Historical Landmark

  • Boutique

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

Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma (Sonoma Mission)

San Francisco, California

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The northernmost mission in the chain of 21 Catholic settlements that once fed and housed missionaries as they traveled up and down the state, Mission San Francisco Solano – as it's officially known – is one of the most accessible and well-preserved. ...

  • Historical Landmark

  • History Museum

African American Art & Culture

San Francisco, California

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  • History Museum

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