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2. Pier 39 - Wikipedia

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   Pier 39. Pier 39 is a shopping center and popular tourist attraction built on a pier in San Francisco, California. At Pier 39, there are shops, restaurants, a video arcade, street performances, the Aquarium of the Bay, virtual 3D rides, and views of California sea lions hauled out on docks on Pier 39's marina. A two-story carousel is one of the ...

3. Alcatraz Island - Wikipedia

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   Alcatraz Island (/ ˈælkəˌtræz /) is a small island 1.25 miles (2.01 km) offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. [1] The island was developed in the mid-19th century with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, and a military prison. In 1934, the island was converted into a federal prison, Alcatraz Federal ...

4. Alcatraz Wharf - Wikipedia

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   Alcatraz Wharf. Coordinates: 37.826836°N 122.420825°W. Alcatraz wharf. Alcatraz Wharf is located on the southeast side of Alcatraz Island, in San Francisco Bay, California, US. Classified as building number 33 of the Alcatraz Island National Historic Landmark, its historic name variants were "Alcatraz Dock" and "Alcatraz Pier".

5. Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco - Wikipedia

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   Aerial view of San Francisco, looking south, with Fisherman's Wharf just left of center, directly above a lone sailboat. One of the busiest and well known tourist attractions in the western United States, Fisherman's Wharf is best known for being the location of Pier 39, the Cannery Shopping Center, Ghirardelli Square, a Ripley's Believe it or Not museum, the Musée Mécanique, Madame Tussauds ...

6. San Francisco cable car system - Wikipedia

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   The San Francisco cable car system is the world's last manually operated cable car system and an icon of the city of San Francisco.The system forms part of the intermodal urban transport network operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway, which also includes the separate E Embarcadero and F Market & Wharves heritage streetcar lines, and the Muni Metro modern light rail system.

7. Fort Point National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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   Fort Point National Historic Site. Fort Point, known historically as the Castillo de San Joaquín (Spanish for "Saint Joachim 's Castle") is a masonry seacoast fortification located on the southern side of the Golden Gate at the entrance to San Francisco Bay. It is also the geographic name of the promontory upon which the fort and the southern ...