Alcatraz Island, located in the middle of San Francisco bay, is a must-see attraction for any visitor to the area.  One of the most infamous prisons in the country for housing notorious criminals...

World War II submarine docked at Pier 45.

The San Francisco Day Segway tours explore the San Francisco waterfront including Fisherman's Wharf, Maritime Park and the Marina Green. San Francisco night Segway tours explore the spectacular...

Two-hour historical tour of San Francisco's Chinatown.

Famous bookstore founded and still owned by Beat Generation poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

The West Coast's oldest scientific institution combines a natural history museum, aquarium and planetarium.

A city landmark transformed into a gourmet food emporium and farmers market.

This superb collection of mechanical games and toys will entice people of all ages.

Four-acre refuge in Golden Gate Park featuring Japanese architecture and gardens.

The Palace of Fine Arts was built for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Expo, which San Francisco hosted.  It was built to have the feel of an overgrown Roman ruin, and they had not built it to...

A labyrinth of 3,000 varieties of trees, shrubs and flowers.

Visitors can take a workshop on boatbuilding, board a vessel docked at the Hyde Street Pier or tour the fine collections of maritime lore.

The museum houses art from more than 40 countries, with an emphasis on Chinese ceramics.

The largest urban national park in the world, containing 74,000 acres of land and water.

Known as the "crookedest" street in the world, the steep hills and sharp curves of this one-way road pass by grand Victorian mansions and attract millions of tourists each year.