Experiences
San Francisco Cable Tram
The best way to expect as a tourist is to buy a Muni Passport on a reloadable Clipper card that includes urban transport instead of paying $8 a ride. It’ll get you to the Cable Car Museum to learn all Read more
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San Francisco Cable Car Museum
Admission is free. This is where the cables are pulled with an independent system for each of the three lines. The one currently in use was built in 1984. Cables can stretch about 30 meters over its serviceable life and Read more
Iconic Places
Golden Gate Bridge
The battery and US Army base under the Golden Gate Bridge was active until 1994. The Spanish started building it in 1776 and then it was taken over by Mexico when it battled for independence. After the Spanish-American War, the Read more
Cities
Oakland, CA
I had thought about staying in Oakland instead of San Francisco to save a bit of money. Then I did the math and found out that paying an extra $10 a day on BART trains and spending an extra half Read more
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Museum of African Diaspora
Art is a powerful medium when paired with education on interracial interactions in America. The misrepresentations of black people through centuries of slavery and oppression, the assumed nonresistance of black women, and the lack of recognition for black contributions to Read more
Iconic Places
Lombard Street
San Francisco’s famous Lombard Street is much longer than just the squiggly bit with eight bends, it goes all the way from the Presidio Boulevard, through the hill where Coit Tower is, to Pier 27 on the shore. Tourists love Read more
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Legion of Honor
Not the French award for contributions to the state, but an art museum in San Francisco perched on top of a hill facing the Pacific Ocean on two sides. It’s a classic art museum with masterpieces like Fruit and Game Read more
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Hyde Street Pier
San Francisco made an assortment of boats and ships with styles such as Chinese junk brought over by immigrants. The National Historic Park has over 100 small boats in its collection maintained by traditional craftsmanship. Many of them are fishing Read more
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de Young Museum
The ticking counter person taught me to exchange my Legion of Honor ticket for a de Young Museum ticket so I could visit both museums for free on a free day. I only skimmed the ground floor because I’m not Read more
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Chinese Historical Society of America
I visited the same year Canada remembered the 100th anniversary of its Chinese exclusion act. The gold rush, for mostly worse, lured tens of thousands of Chinese workers in the 19th century under false promises of wealth. By the 1880s, Read more