The Asian Art Museum is one of the best Asian art museums in the world so plan on spending several hours. The best introduction to the museum is to take one of the many free hour-long guided tours...

San Francisco's Chinatown is the largest outside Asia.  It is a place many visitors want to see and put high on their list of places to go.  But read the reviews and many are quite negative.  Why...

This Del Monte Fruit Company factory was converted into a shopping mall in the 1960s and continues to attract locals and tourists alike.

This third most visited attraction in the U.S. is a hive of activity with rides, entertainment, restaurants, shops and lively street entertainers. You can easily hop a ferry across the bay to Alcatraz or Tiburon, but don't miss the celebrated sea lion colony that inhabits the nearby abandoned docks.

California's history is archived here in a library, art collection and bookstore.

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

A nonprofit group devoted to sustainable agriculture runs this market 4 days a week.

Yes, it can be touristy, if you don't know the best places to go.  But, Fisherman's Wharf is San Francisco's most popular attraction for a reason,  so here are  some fun and unique ways to enjoy the...

Most of this neighborhood's former beatnik charm is retained while adding fine cuisine to its claim to fame.

The DeYoung museum has been a San Francisco institution since it opened in Golden Gate Park in 1895.  The new building, designed by Herzog & de Mueron, opened in 2005.  The perforated copper-clad...

A shopper's paradise, this bustling square near the theater district has everything from upscale department stores and boutiques to discount houses. After a $25-million facelift in 2002, the cosmopolitan hub boasts a huge amphitheater, granite pedestals on which street entertainers perform and a tree and flower-lined environment in which to enjoy an espresso or an elegant meal.

Center of the long-gone hippie culture of the 1960s, this trendy neighborhood is now a whole new scene with upscale boutiques, Internet cafes and hip restaurants.

Major street in the port area of San Francisco that has become a bustling area of shops, businesses and sightseeing attractions.

The city's smallest and most unusual retail shop.

A small neighborhood with Japanese restaurants, shops and other attractions.