The Golden Gate Bridge in its natural element: Fog.
Joe DiMaggio and Marylin Monroe got married here.
Taking the ferry on San Francisco bay, can save time, reduce stress, save money and be a great scenic trip all at the same time.
Golden Gate Park San Francisco. Celebration of the Summer of Love.
Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, the de Young is located in Golden Gate Park, and features an extensive collection of Native American, American, Asian and African art.
One of San Francisco's most recognizable streets, it's almost cliché to come here during a visit to the city, but the novelty of such an unusual street is inarguably fun. Most locals never come here, but visitors line up for a block or two west of Hyde Street to drive down the eight or so bends at five miles per hour, while others taking photographs line the sidewalk staircases on either side.
Originally built in 1915 for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, the Palace itself is antique architecture - the massive columns dwarf human scale. It's very Arcadian or Picturesque - there's a swan-inhabited man-made lake.
This is what it is now, not what it was then...
The nearby Exploratorium is a science-based art gallery with exhibits designed by some amazing artists that work with natural phenomena like Ned Kahn and Doug Hollis - great on a rainy weekday if you can swing it....