Lombard Street in San Francisco, California, is Americas most crooked street. The steep, brick street switchbacks down the one-way hill past beautiful Victorian mansions.
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Alamo Square offers a great view of the Victorian homes of "Postcard Row," with the skyline of San Francisco, California in the background.
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An average of 13 million people, tourists and locals alike, travel on San Francisco, California's cable cars' nine miles of track each year.
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The Golden Gate Bridge, symbolic of San Francisco, California, is one of the world's most beautiful bridges, with its tremendous towers, sweeping main cables and great span.
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The Legion of Honor is San Francisco, California's most beautiful museum and displays an impressive collection of 4,000 years of ancient and European art.
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The Japanese Tea Garden is the oldest public Japanese garden in the United States and is located inside Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California.
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The de Young Museum in San Francisco, California showcases priceless art collections of Africa, the Pacific and the Americas dating back to the 17th century.
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San Francisco, California's Haight-Ashbury district, known as "The Haight," is a lively neighborhood best known as the center of '60s hippie counterculture.
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The view from Coit Tower is one of the most impressive in San Francisco, California, taking in the Bay, two bridges and the Marin Headlands.
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The Ferry Building Marketplace in San Francisco, California is a vibrant gathering of local farmers, artisan producers and independently owned and operated food businesses.
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San Francisco, California is a truly scenic city, surrounded by beautiful blue waters and towering mountains beyond the Golden Gate Bridge.
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From California's San Francisco Bay, visitors can see the island of Alcatraz, best known as one of the world's most legendary prisons.
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