The largest island in San Francisco Bay features magnificent views of Marin County and San Francisco, while offering a wide variety of recreation for outdoor enthusiasts.

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

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...

Monument built in honor of the city's volunteer firemen, with an observation deck that provides a great view of San Francisco.

The oldest building in San Francisco features adobe walls, original tiles and timbers lashed together with rawhide and hand-carved altars.

A military installation from 1776 until 1994, the Presidio saw duty for Spain, Mexico and the U.S.; it is now a national park with almost 1,500 acres of hiking and biking trails, beautiful beaches and stunning views.

This Queen Anne style home, now a museum, was the house where the merchant family of blue jeans (Haas) and canned goods (Lilienthal) lived.

A famous stretch of colorful Victorian-style house.

Originally managed by the War Department, the National Cemetery system now includes 114 cemeteries, managed since 1973 by the Department of Veteran's Affairs.

House in which the band, the Grateful Dead, lived from 1965-1968.

This house bought in 1968 by the band Jefferson Airplane was used for rehearsals and extravagant parties.

Historic station, designed to limit the number of Asian peoples entering California.