Until the 1930s, bridgemen were mostly a group of fearless daredevils and competitive thrill seekers, attempting daring stunts hundreds of feet up in the air without a sa...
Racism has been deep-rooted throughout the entire United States since European colonists first staked their claims here in the 1500s. On the West Coast of the US, it can...
The city of San Francisco was destroyed in the spring of 1906 after a violent earthquake shook the city to the ground on Wednesday, April 18. The infamous quake was certa...
In 1906, the earth jolted beneath the feet of the 400,000 people of San Francisco, California. An entire cityscape of buildings, homes and parks were completely disrupted...
When many people think of Alcatraz, visions of a high security prison come to mind. For most of us, it’s that island in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge in San...
The Pulgas Water Temple sits in striking contrast to the coastal oak woodland that surrounds it in Redwood City, California. A huge stone structure, it’s majestic and ver...
When driving across the Golden Gate Bridge how often have you asked yourself “Why is the Golden Gate orange?” Or, “Why is an orange bridge called the “Golden Gate”? The a...
San Francisco today is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California, but in 1769 to a crew of weary, scurvy-ridden Spaniards who had been travers...
