San Francisco, CA

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San Francisco was transformed from a fishing village into the internationally-famous city, almost overnight; and for over 150 years it has been a magnet for fortune-seekers, immigrants, artists and poets. Guarded by the famous bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the city by the bay is famous for its diverse citizenry, Victorian architecture, cable cars and scenic views, and for its fog.

• Denim jeans were invented in San Francisco for the Gold Rush miners who needed tough, comfortable clothing.
• A city built on 43 hills will surely have steep, curving streets. Vermont Avenue between 22nd and 23rd is "crookedest," and Filbert between Hyde and Leavenworth is steepest at 31.5 degrees, but neither fact discourages tourists from flocking to Lombard Street's seductive curves.
• Irish coffee was invented in San Francisco.
• San Francisco cable cars are the only moving National Historic Landmark, and 9.7 million people take a nine mile per hour ride on them each year. At the Cable Car Barn Museum, 500-horsepower electric motors turn the endless cable loops.
• Francis Ford Coppola famously wrote large portions of The Godfather Trilogy in Caffe Trieste, the first San Francisco coffee shop, established in 1956.
• The original United Nations charter was drafted and signed in San Francisco.