The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a modern art museum in San Francisco, California established in 1935 under director Grace L. McCann Morley as the San Francisco Museum of Art, the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th-century art. The museum has in its collection important works by Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, Richard Diebenkorn, Clyfford Still, Henri Matisse, Paul Klee, Marcel Duchamp and Ansel Adams, among others. Annually, the museum hosts more than twenty exhibitions and over three hundred educational programs.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) is a contemporary arts center in San Francisco, California, United States. Located in Yerba Buena Gardens, YBCA features visual art, performance, and film/video that celebrates local, national, and international artists and the Bay Area's diverse communities. YBCA programs year-round in two landmark buildings—the Galleries and Forum by Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki and Theater by American architect James Stewart Polshek. The center is often used for the launch of new products by Apple Inc.

Xanadu Gallery was founded in 1979. It is housed by the famous historic Frank Lloyd Wright building. The gallery features a spectacular collection of international art and antiquities, which includes items such as Latin American folk art and masks, sculptures, woven baskets, tapestries, and textiles from Africa, Oceania, and Indonesia.

Maiden Lane is a short, pedestrian-only street in San Francisco, California. It is notable for its proximity to Union Square and its concentration of upscale retailers, including Chanel, Marc Jacobs, and Yves Saint Laurent. Prior to the 1906 earthquake, the street was called Morton Street and was the center of San Francisco's red-light district. It was renamed Maiden Lane by an enterprising jeweler who wanted to conjure the Maiden Lanes of London and New York.

Union Square Park is one of the oldest patches of greenery in San Francisco that later underwent a transformation to become today a popular large outdoor stage for tourists and locals alike. The park has an easy access design, a café with lots of open-air seating, and different events and concerts are organized there.

Ruth Asawa's Fountain is a tribute to San Francisco, that was completed in 1972. The fountain consists of 41 bronzed plaques, each depicting San Francisco's most famous landmarks, illustrating the rich history of the city.

450 Sutter Building was constructed in 1929. It is San Francisco’s premier medical and professional office suite building and an Art Deco masterpiece. This elegant 26-floor structure is known for the original "neo-Mayan" Art Deco style, same one that was used to design the Paramount Theater.

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) is a large non-profit theater company in San Francisco, California, that offers both classical and contemporary theater productions. A.C.T. was founded in 1965 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by theatre and opera director William Ball. By invitation from San Francisco philanthropists and officials, Ball relocated the company to San Francisco and astonished the theatre world by presenting twenty-seven fully staged productions in rotating repertory, in two different theatres, during the first 40-week season. A.C.T.'s founder's vision was for it to be both a theater company and acting school.

The Curran Theatre is located in San Francisco and was named by its first owner, Homer Curran. It has been claimed that the current theatre's design is based on six different Broadway houses. Broadway national tours have played at the Curran Theatre throughout its history. There is a plaque honoring Arthur Mayer mounted at the entrance to boxes L-M-N. Mayer watched the theatre being built, was hired by Curran as part of the theatre's opening night staff, and continued working at the theatre until he was nearly 100-years-old.

Glide Memorial Church is a church in San Francisco, California that opened in 1929. Although conservative until the 1960s, since then it has served as a counter-culture rallying point and has been one of the most prominently liberal churches in the United States. In 1964, Glide helped form the Council on Religion and the Homosexual in an effort to close the gap between people of faith and the homosexual community. Since the 1960s, Glide Church has provided various services for the poor and disenfranchised. Visitors from all over the world attend Sunday celebrations, of which music is a prominent part.

The Powell Street Station is one of the most photographed areas in Downtown, San Francisco. It is a Rapid Transit and Muni Metro Station. It opened in 1973, becoming one of the most famous tourist attractions in San Francisco.