Road trip from Hayward to Santa Cruz

Open to the public, the Oakland California Temple & Visitors' Center is a beautiful and peaceful place to visit. Visitors can walk through the colorful gardens lined with towering palm trees, sit by the fountains and cascading waterfall, enjoy the beautiful view of the San Francisco Bay Area, and feel the peace of the grounds. While you're there, you can take a guided tour at the Visitors' Center, learn more about you're family's history at the FamilySearch Library, and attend events at the Temple Hill Auditorium. Only members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can enter the temple itself. A coveted location for photographers, the Oakland Temple is one of the best locations to enjoy a sunset over the Bay. At night, the Oakland Temple is brightly lit and can be seen throughout the Bay Area. Devotionals, concerts, and performances are hosted throughout the month in the Temple Hill Auditorium and most events are free.

Jack London's Yukon home during the winter of 1897-98.

Big immersive open-format Brewery and Tap Room in the Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco producing locally-inspired beers with local ingredients via a competitive sourcing method. Amazing array of innovative beers in a space perfect for groups of all sizes, big and small. Daily Tours and Brewing Classes available. Families and Pets are welcome. Snacks available, and often has food trucks with yummy eats just outside.

A landmark in San Francisco's Mission District Landmark, CASA BONAMPAK is a Latin Cultural Store dedicated FAIR TRADE Imports. For over 20 years we have specialized in folkart, clothing, jewelry, piñatas, party decorations & anything & everything Latin. We work directly w/ artisans in Latinamerica to preserve ancient traditions. We specialize in customizing traditional decorations for Weddings, Fiestas & Special Events. Featured in SF Chronicle, LATINA MAGAZINE, WHERE, INSTYLE, ELLE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER, BRIDES, THE KNOT & MARTHA STEWART LIVING & WEDDINGS. We host community events throughout the year - the highlight is the Day of the Dead Fiesta always on Nov. 2- everyone is invited !

Saltwater lake in the middle of the city.

Cliff's Variety is a landmark store in San Francisco’s Castro District. Cliff’s has been selling an eclectic mix of goods for the home & garden since their founding in 1936. The neighborhood is currently recognized as the center of San Francisco’s Gay scene and Cliff’s as the general store for the community. Cliff’s features an ever evolving inventory of mundane items for home maintenance and repair coupled with a unique collection of costuming accessories, crafts, gifts, housewares and toys.

Located in San Francisco's Castro District, the GLBT History Museum is the first full-scale, stand-alone museum of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender history and culture in the United States — and only the second in the world. At 1,600 square feet (150 square meters), the museum is fairly small, but it packs a punch, celebrating 100 years of San Francisco’s vast queer past through dynamic and surprising exhibitions and programming. Open since January 2011, the museum is a project of the GLBT Historical Society, a San Francisco institution founded in 1985 that houses one of the world’s largest collections of LGBTQ archival materials.

The Top of Broadway business community represents one of the oldest and continuous commercial cultural and entertainment corridors on the West Coast. This district has a very rich history of music and adult entertainment, with venues that have been frequented by millions over the past 130 years. Formerly known as the Barbary Coast, this area is distinct as a special sub-district of the North Beach

This Queen Anne style home, now a museum, was the house where the merchant family of blue jeans (Haas) and canned goods (Lilienthal) lived.

This bakery produces traditional San Francisco sourdough and French breads that can be shipped or mail-ordered.

Cartoon Art Museum has something for everyone — from comic strips, comic books and anime to political cartoons, graphic novels and underground comix. Visitors of all ages can view original cartoon art at exhibitions and screenings, produce their own comics and animation at classes and workshops, research deeply into our collection and library, and mingle with professional and aspiring cartoonists. The Museum's mission is to ignite imaginations and foster the next generation of visual storytellers by celebrating the history of cartoon art, its role in society, and its universal appeal. Located at 781 Beach Street (just one block from Aquatic Park, the Maritime Museum, Ghirardelli Square, and the Hyde Street cable car turnaround), the first floor gallery and lobby offer a beautiful historic façade, prominent street presence, convenient parking, and easy access to and from public transportation. Visit our website for a list of current exhibitions.