San Francisco is built on a series of hills and if your are going to explore San Francisco then you need to tackle some of these hills. As part of my test ...

People have been escaping to San Francisco at least since the cry went out from California in 1849 that there was “gold in them thar hills”. There is not as much gold ...

This photo was shot with my iPhone pressed against the window on the top floor of the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco which is located at the top of Nob Hill. This ...

The California Sea Lions (don’t call them seals) at Pier 39 are a big draw for tourists. A couple of years ago they just went away and then just as mysteriously returned. ...

Some of the best views of Alcatraz, short of boarding a tour boat, are from the end of Pier 39 in San Francisco.

The Embarcadero in San Francisco is a great place for a walk on a beautiful day. Pier 28 is one of the many piers around the bay. Many have been turned into ...

This photo of the Golden Gate Bridge at sunset was taken from Crissy Field. Crissy Field was an airfield from 1921 to 1936. One reason to close the field was someone built ...

It was only after I took this picture of the rocket ship street art in San Francisco that I noticed the homeless person sleeping in the foreground of the picture. I found ...

Shown next to my lovely assistant for scale, this is what a main suspension cable from the Golden Gate Bridge looks like in cross-section. The steel for the cables was supplied, at ...

This photo shows a cable car “grip” form San Francisco’s Cable Car Museum and Cable Car Barn. This contraption is basically a set of pliers. Somewhere along the orange part of the ...