Tourist attractions in/near San Francisco

Golden Gate Bridge

The most famous tourist attraction in the city of San Francisco is the Golden Gate Bridge, which connects between San Francisco and Marin County to the North. Here's an image of it.

(image from http://www.photo.net/photo/pcd0087/golden-gate-bridge-6.3.jpg)

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Transamerica pyramid

Also famous recently is the Transamerica "pyramid" building. Here's an image of it.

(image from http://www.koalie.net/Walks/200309-CA-J1/20030928095800-med.jpg)

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Coit Tower

On the top of Telegraph Hill is the Coit Tower, a very old tourist attraction. Here's an image of it.

(image from http://home.c2i.net/hilder/grafikk/br2000/coit.jpg)

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Sutro Tower

The Sutro Tower is a framework for several television and radio transmitting antennas. It's not really such a tourist attraction, it's just a monstrous eyesore you can't miss seeing from nearly any part of San Francisco. Here's an image of it.

(image from http://sfwater.org/publicImages/res_summit_sutro_tower_view.gif)

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