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Here’s an interesting site in San Francisco called Wave Organ near Marina.

If you want an unusual escape from the hubbub at San Francisco’s pier attractions, head out to the mysterious Wave Organ. It’s past the St. Francis Yacht Club, at the end of a jetty.

Usually no one is out there, and the jetty offers a pleasant view of the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, and that low part of the city prone to catch on fire after earthquakes. The jetty was constructed from tombstone and monument fragments from a demolished 19th century cemetery. The Wave Organ incorporates some of this ornate — and creepy, if you think about it — stonework into its design.

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Who said artwork can’t be attached “sideways” onto buildings?  Next time you are near on the corner of 6th and Howard near downtown, make sure to look up at this crazy building.

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As a resident of San Francisco, I have to admit that I do see cable cars everywhere near downtown but I never got a chance to get into the details.  Although there’s great public transportation, (and I should take advantage over it) I am biased and have to resort to taking my car everywhere.

Well, I did site hop onto this blog post explaining in details about cable cars and how they are the only remaining manually operating cable car system.

Check it out as you will learn a little about “gripman” and how it’s not easy to become one.

Did you know that the San Francisco cable car system is the world’s last permanently operational manually-operated cable car system? It’s pretty amazing. Driving and maintaining the cable car takes a lot of man power and manual labor. Man powered turntables turn the cable cars around at the two ends since these cable cars can only run straight.

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Of course, there’s always In-N-Out and Hooters around the corner at Fisherman’s Wharf.

You can find Hooters on 353 Jefferson St here.

Now, you have a good number of places to visit at Fisherman’s Wharf you can write down before your next trip to San Francisco. Eating Out, fisherman, Fisherman's Wharf, Getting Around, hooters, jefferson st, san-francisco, sf-tourists