San Francisco
San Francisco counts 24 notable places in this snapshot — museums, landmarks and points of interest surfaced from OpenStreetMap. That places it 1st of 5 cities in North America. The most common label on the list is attraction, on 8 of the 24 entries.
What the numbers say
San Francisco accounts for 24 notable places listed on OpenStreetMap in this cycle, all of them on August 2, 2026. Every row below is a record as its source published it — no estimate, no interpolation, and nothing carried over from a previous run.
That places San Francisco 1 of 5 among North America, which is within a rounding error of the median for that group.
The most recent entries are WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall, Cable Car Turntable (Powell & Market), California Bell. This page is a view of public data and not a substitute for it — check the original before acting on any row.
The list, read out
Attractions account for 8 of the 24: Cable Car Turntable (Powell & Market), Dragon Gate, Dutch Windmill, California and Powell streets, Camera Obscura, Sutro Baths, Bank of Canton (former Chinese Telephone Exchange) and Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory. Memorials account for 8 of the 24: California Bell, Sun Yat-sen's statue, Chinese-American World War Memorial, Ohlone Indian Memorial, Martin Luther King, The Birthplace of a Great City, First Public School in California and William Alexander Leidesdorff. Museums account for 8 of the 24: WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Gallery, Chinese Historical Society of America, California Historical Society Museum & Bookstore, Museum of the African Diaspora, Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and International Art Museum of America. Alphabetically the register runs from Bank of Canton (former Chinese Telephone Exchange) to Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Gallery.
That is 3 place types across 24 listings for San Francisco. Attractions are the largest group at 8, museums the smallest at 8 — the mix is the map speaking, not this page: a type is whatever the OpenStreetMap record says it is.
The addresses OpenStreetMap files these places under touch 22 distinct localities, and they cluster: Point Lobos Avenue holds 2 (Camera Obscura and Sutro Baths) and Quincy Street holds 2 (Sun Yat-sen's statue and Chinese-American World War Memorial), while 20 localities carry one entry each — a rough sketch of where San Francisco keeps its notable ground.
Places worth knowing about in San Francisco
24 places · snapshot of 2026-08-02 · sourced from OpenStreetMap
| Place | Locality |
|---|---|
| museum WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall | 809, Sacramento Street |
| attraction Cable Car Turntable (Powell & Market) | Powell Street, Union Square |
| memorial California Bell | 3rd Street, Union Square |
| museum Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Gallery | Mission Street, Union Square |
| attraction Dragon Gate | 401, Grant Avenue |
| memorial Sun Yat-sen's statue | Quincy Street, Chinatown |
| museum Chinese Historical Society of America | 965, Clay Street |
| attraction Dutch Windmill | John F Kennedy Drive, Outer Richmond |
| memorial Chinese-American World War Memorial | Quincy Street, Chinatown |
| museum California Historical Society Museum & Bookstore | 678, Mission Street |
| attraction California and Powell streets | California Street, Chinatown |
| memorial Ohlone Indian Memorial | 750, Howard Street |
| museum Museum of the African Diaspora | 685, Mission Street |
| attraction Camera Obscura | Point Lobos Avenue, San Francisco |
| memorial Martin Luther King | Jr. Memorial, 750 |
| museum Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco | 345, Montgomery Street |
| attraction Sutro Baths | Point Lobos Avenue, San Francisco |
| memorial The Birthplace of a Great City | Grant Avenue, Chinatown |
| museum San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | 151, 3rd Street |
| attraction Bank of Canton (former Chinese Telephone Exchange) | 743, Washington Street |
| memorial First Public School in California | Portsmouth Square, Chinatown |
| museum International Art Museum of America | 1025, Market Street |
| attraction Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory | 56, Ross Alley |
| memorial William Alexander Leidesdorff | 340;344, Pine Street |
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