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This was the first Hindu Temple (1905) in the western US.

A classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller (1958) memorably shows the crashing waves under Golden Gate Bridge.

A Stanford professor of creative writing, Stegner’s novel Angle of Repose won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972.

This building was inaugurated in 1932 with a performance of Puccini’s Tosca , giving the art form a permanent home here. Modeled on its European forbears, with a marble lobby, huge chandelier, balconies, and vaulted ceilings, it is dedicated to the memory of World War I soldiers. In 1945 the Opera House hosted the plenary sessions that preceded the founding of the United Nations and, in 1951, it was the site of the signing of the peace treaty between the US and Japan (see War Memorial Opera House and San Francisco Ballet).

Stagecoaches of Wells Fargo & Co began carrying freight and passengers in 1852, taking full advantage of the momentum set up by the Gold Rush. It was also instrumental in the development of the Pony Express (see Wells Fargo History Museum).

In 1978 ex-Supervisor Dan White shot dead Mayor George Moscone and gay Supervisor Harvey Milk (see Harvey Milk).

San Francisco’s first African-American mayor is famous for his bon vivant ways. His high-living, fast-shuffling style has not detracted from his popularity, however, and the city seems to have prospered under his tutelage.

Home to the city’s Zen practitioners. Beginners are welcome.

On July 5, 1934, police fired shots at striking longshoremen, leaving two dead.

San Francisco counterculture burst forth in the summer of 1967. Suddenly, hippies were everywhere, and the eerie, poetic music that embodied a new way of thinking filled the air. It was a socio-political shift that affected the whole world.