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Legion of Honor Museum: A hallmark to 4,000 years of European culture
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Legion of Honor Museum: A hallmark to 4,000 years of European culture
Overlooking San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge, The Legion of Honor museum, founded in 1924 to honor Californians who perished in World War I, is a hallmark to 4,000 years of recorded French and European culture.
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Castello di Amorosa: Castle in the Wine Country
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Castello di Amorosa: Castle in the Wine Country
No, it’s not a real castle, but it sure looks like one. That’s exactly what Dario Sattui wants you to think when Castello di Amorosa comes into view above the vineyards on the long driveway to this magnet for Napa Valley tourists. Oh, it was only finished in 2007, but it’s as castle-like as you’ll find in North America.
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Walt Disney Family Museum: An entertaining tribute to Walt's legacy
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Walt Disney Family Museum: An entertaining tribute to Walt's legacy
Hundreds of buildings on the grounds of the Presidio, the Army base-turned-national park at the northern tip of San Francisco, have been converted to civilian uses—from private homes to restaurants and a spa. But none has been more handsomely converted for the public’s benefit than this building on the Main Post that now pays homage to Walt Disney. It opened in October 2009.
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Fisherman's Wharf: More than seafood and souvenirs
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Fisherman's Wharf: More than seafood and souvenirs
If you haven’t been to the Wharf for a while, you’ll be pleasantly surprised. Oh, the T-shirt and souvenir shops are still there, and it’s still plenty crowded as the #1 tourist magnet in San Francisco. But flower gardens have been planted; new restaurants and shops have sprouted; and an art gallery with originals by Rembrandt, Picasso, Dali and Chagall has opened.
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Alcatraz: Escape to the island
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Alcatraz: Escape to the island
The first thing visitors to Alcatraz see when the ferry docks on the infamous prison island in San Francisco Bay is the “United States Penitentiary” sign that never came down and “Indians Welcome” hand painted above that sign. They are relics of the island’s two most dramatic eras, and by the time you reboard the ferry to return to San Francisco, you’ll know much more.
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Chinatown: A visit to China minus the jet lag
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Chinatown: A visit to China minus the jet lag
If it feels like you’re in China while navigating the crowds that spill onto the sidewalk from every produce market on Kearny Street, it’s because San Francisco’s Chinatown packs one of the largest Chinese communities outside Asia—about 20,000 Chinese and Chinese-Americans—into an three-by-eight-block rectangle. True, the souvenir shops and restaurants on Grant Avenue are filled with tourists. But the sidewalks on every other street and alley are the domain of the Chinese and Chinese-Americans.
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The Exploratorium: A carnival for curious kids
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The Exploratorium: A carnival for curious kids
As the name suggests, the Exploratorium is a place where kids can explore and learn. Since opening in 1969 it’s been a “must” field trip for Bay Area schoolchildren, but far from being boring, this science museum puts the fun in learning—not just for kids, but the adults who bring them.
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Ocean Beach: Sand, surf and adventure
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Ocean Beach: Sand, surf and adventure
Do you really like long walks on the beach, or is that just what your singles ad boasts? You can prove it on Ocean Beach, which stretches more than four miles along the western rim of San Francisco, all the way to the southern boundary of the city. It isn’t the city’s only beach, but it’s easily the longest and widest.
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San Francisco Waterfront: Working piers then, walking piers now
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San Francisco Waterfront: Working piers then, walking piers now
The downtown San Francisco waterfront once bustled with the arrivals and departures of ships and the longshoremen who unloaded them and filled the waterfront bars at quitting time. The bustle hasn’t left, but it’s changed. Now it’s office workers and tourists who fill the bars and the ships are the commuter ferries, party boats and cruise ships who transport them.
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Golden Gate Park: San Francisco's urban oasis
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Golden Gate Park: San Francisco's urban oasis
If you took in everything that Golden Gate Park has to offer—all the museums, gardens, lakes, groves, meadows, statues and windmills, and even tried your hand at horseshoes and archery at those venues—you’d be one exhausted puppy when it was over. It would take you a few days, too. The variety of things to see and do in this glistening emerald of an urban park is one reason why it’s the third-most visited city park in America.
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