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Best landmarks in San Francisco
25 places from 12 San Francisco travel vlogs, most-mentioned first. The play button jumps to that moment in the video.
25 places · most mentioned first
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco's iconic red-orange suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate strait, popular to cycle across or photograph from viewpoints.
13:48· Architectural Digestin 8 vlogsPainted Ladies
A row of pastel Victorian houses made famous by the opening of the 90s TV show Full House.
8:33· Architectural Digestin 7 vlogsCoit Tower
A tower over 200 ft tall, built in 1933, with murals inside and an elevator to an open-air top floor overlooking the city.
6:36· Architectural Digestin 5 vlogsLombard Street
Billed as the crookedest street in the world, with eight hairpin turns that visitors walk or drive down.
3:21· Wolters Worldin 5 vlogsPalace of Fine Arts
A landmark built for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, with a striking central rotunda beside a lagoon; free to walk around.
0:57· touropiain 5 vlogsTransamerica Pyramid
San Francisco's other famous icon besides the Golden Gate, an 853-foot pyramid skyscraper designed by William L. Pereira and finished in 1972.
0:13· Architectural Digestin 4 vlogsPier 39
A pier at the eastern end of Fisherman's Wharf, famous for its resident sea lions.
1:07· Island Hopper TVin 4 vlogsDragon Gate
The ornamental gateway at the entrance to Chinatown on Grant Avenue.
7:14· Aly Smallsin 3 vlogsBattery Spencer
A former military battery on the Marin Headlands with a classic close-up view of the Golden Gate Bridge.
0:56· Aly Smallsin 2 vlogsYoda Fountain
Life-sized Yoda statue in the Presidio, a fun stop for Star Wars fans.
10:35· Island Hopper TVin 2 vlogsEmbarcadero
Waterfront promenade lined with piers offering great bay views.
7:41· Island Hopper TVin 2 vlogsRoss Alley
Narrow Chinatown alley that is home to the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory.
8:32· Yellow Productionsin 2 vlogs
Mentioned once
13 more picks, each from a single vlog, so not ranked.
Wave Organ
An acoustic sculpture at the end of a jetty, where waves push through pipes to make sound.
Spire
A tall Andy Goldsworthy sculpture made of cypress trunks in the Presidio.
Earth Wall
An Andy Goldsworthy artwork of rammed earth and a tree branch in the Presidio.
Tree Fall
An Andy Goldsworthy installation inside a former powder magazine in the Presidio.
Wood Line
A serpentine line of eucalyptus logs by Andy Goldsworthy in a Presidio grove.
Dutch Windmill
A historic windmill at the western end of Golden Gate Park.
Lands End Labyrinth
A stone labyrinth on a point along the Lands End trail.
Point Bonita Lighthouse
A picturesque cliffside lighthouse reached by a half-mile walk and a suspension bridge over the water.
555 California Street
Former Bank of America world headquarters, with crystalline faceted bays rising from street to sky under a unified faceted crown.
The Wall (3200 Block of Pacific Avenue)
Once the city's most prestigious address, a block of homes by top architects along the masonry wall bordering the Presidio, showcasing all three Bay Area styles.
Columbus Tower (Sentinel Building)
Copper-clad flatiron building on Columbus Avenue, older than the Transamerica Pyramid behind it.
16:16· Island Hopper TV1 vlogBattery Godfrey
Historic coastal gun battery in the Presidio with clifftop views toward the Golden Gate Bridge.
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