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The de Young Museum
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Alcatraz Island
Looming menacingly in the Bay, near Fisherman's Wharf, Alcatraz (known simply as ‘The Rock') was the site of the USA's toughest maximum-security prison, from 1934 until 1963. Al Capone lodged there... more
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Cable Car Museum
located in the city's only remaining cable car barn and powerhouse, visitors can view the cable-winding machinery as it reels 17km (11 miles) of steel at a steady pace of 15km (9.5 miles) per hour.... more
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San Francisco Botanical Garden
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Aquarium of the Bay
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Contemporary Jewish Museum
Under the creative direction of architect Daniel Libeskind, The Contemporary Jewish Museum reopened in June 2008 in the landmark 1907 Jessie Street Power Substation, recognised by the 3,000 blue st... more
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, designed by Swiss architect Mario Botta, opened in 1995, to great acclaim. Its permanent collection is particularly strong in American 20th-century sculpture... more
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Golden Gate Park
The 412 hectares (1,017 acres) of Golden Gate Park encompass meadows, lakes, myriad gardens, an open-air music concourse, a children's playground and vintage carousel, a buffalo paddock and the tal... more
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Cartoon Art Museum
The Cartoon Art Museum, the only one of its kind on the West Coast, displays rotating exhibitions of art, from underground cartoons to popular comic books and animation. An enormous permanent colle... more
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Golden Gate Bridge
The beautiful Golden Gate Bridge, which connects San Francisco to Marin County, is not gold, of course, but a vivid rusty orange that stands out even through the frequent thick fogs. Spanning 2.7km... more
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