• At 31.5 degrees, the steepest street in San Francisco is not the famous Lombard, but Filbert St. between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets
  • The U.S. Navy originally planned on painting the Golden Gate Bridge black with yellow stripes; the famed “International Orange” color was just supposed to be a sealant
  • During the Depression not a single San Francisco bank failed
  • Washington Square Park is not actually a square because it has five sides, and the statue in the middle of the park is Ben Franklin not George Washington
  • The bear on California’s state flag is modeled after Monarch, a grizzly that was held in Golden Gate Park
  • In 1848 San Francisco had 469 residents, but thanks to the Gold Rush that number swelled to 35,000 just four years later
  • If you pine for the sound of a foghorn, call a special number on a foggy day and listen to the Golden Gate foghorn live