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If you're curious and like arts, architecture, science or the unusual, these ideas for a day trip or a vacation side trip from San Francisco may appeal to you.
Ideas for a Day Out in San Francisco
- City Guides Walking Tours: They offer a wide range of walking tour topics.
- Favorite Northern California Architecture: When the AIA asked the American people, these are the northern California places they liked best. Tour them all for a beautiful day.
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Frank Lloyd Wright Sites: Perfect for architecture lovers.
- Vertigo Movie Tour of San Francisco: A self-guided tour of some of the most famous sights from Alfred Hitchcock's classic film.
Day Trips Out of Town
- Audi Driving Experience, Infineon Raceway: If you've ever dreamed of driving a fast car on a real race track, the Audi Experience may be just the thing for you.
- Charles Schulz Museum, Santa Rosa: There's too much reading here to interest the kids, but adults who love the comic strip will have a great time.
- Computer History Museum, Mountain View: If you remember punched cards or know what an Amdahl is, you may enjoy a trip down memory lane here.
- Eugene O'Neill's Tao House, Danville: The Nobel Prize-winning playwright wrote his most personal works here.
- John Muir House, Martinez: Home of the famous naturalist.
- Kelley Park, San Jose: A collection of buildings from San Jose's past.
- Lick Observatory, San Jose: It was the largest refractory telescope in the world when built and they still do some great science on the mountain.
- National Steinbeck Center, Salinas: Devoted to the famous author and the history of the Salinas Valley.
- Stanford Linear Accelerator, Palo Alto: Graduate students will take you on a tour of the "atom smasher."
- USS Hornet, Alameda: This retired ship has a singular history.
- Ca'Toga, Calistoga: Artist Carlo Marchiori's Palladian villa near Calistoga is filled with his whimsical art.
- Cantor Museum, Palo Alto: Home to one of the finest collections of Rodin sculptures in the western U.S. They also have some great special exhibits.