Patrick Mahony - 5 best places to visit in San Fransisco

San Francisco has plenty of locations to visit, from museums to beaches and parks to restaurants. Patrick Mahony provides you one of the most intriguing San Francisco tours that will take you around most of the tourist attractions listed below :

The Golden Gate Bridge

It is the world's most photographed bridge and is renowned for its tall orange towers, 746 feet high. From many points like the Crissy Field, Fort Point, and Baker Beach or the Marin Headlands, you can take a look at it. Bikes and vehicles are allowed 24 hours a day across the bridge, and walkers can pass between 5 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. using the east sidewalk.

Visit Alcatraz 

The jail on this island is one of America's most popular prisons and was in operation until 1963 for 30 years. It was launched as a tourist attraction in 1973 due to some well-known prisoners, such as Al Capone and the Birdman, who were held in prison. One can take a ferry to the island and visit the site while listening to an outstanding recording of audio that provides a glimpse.

Ferry Building Marketplace

This is where the town hosts the biggest market for three-week farmers and offers a permanent home for some of the most beloved artisans in the region. Inside there are a lot of merchants like Cowgirl Creamery, Dandelion Chocolate, and Fort Point Beer Company. This is one of San Francisco's most exciting attractions.

Chinatown

Compared to the Chinatown in other towns, Chinatown in San Francisco is known to provide a completely distinctive experience. It is the biggest outside of Asia and North America's oldest. Built entirely in Chinese style, it has different temples, theatres, workshops, tiny companies, restaurants, antique and souvenir shops, tea houses, and more, making it one of the best locations to visit.

Legion of Honor

In an incredible environment, this is a splendid Neoclassical Beaux-Arts building and one of San Francisco's most exquisite museums. It was a donation from Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, the renowned socialite, philanthropist, and arts patron. Her museum was a replica of the Paris Palais de la Légion d'Honneur and an important part of the sightseeing list of everyone in San Francisco.

~Patrick Mahony

Patrick Mahony - Top Tourist Attractions in Los Angeles

Enjoy sunshine and hot weather in Los Angeles, which is recognized for its big celebrities, gorgeous lifestyle and vibrant nightlife. This is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California and it is also called the City of LA and Angels. Due to its tourist attractions, suitable for spectacular valleys and magnificent hill trails with magnificent mountain ranges, there is no such city in the world as beautiful as Los Angeles. Those who are traveling for Los Angeles for the first time, surely they go to see the 25 sights and sights of excursions in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles county museum of art

Art lovers should not miss the opportunity to travel to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. If you are looking for sightseeing and top tourist attractions in Los Angeles then the Los Angeles County Museum of Art should be on top of your list. It is known as one of the largest art museums in the western United States and it is seen by more than a million visitors annually. Established in the year 1910, this museum exhibits more than 120,000 pieces of art from ancient times to the present time. Besides these, film and concert series are also shown here.

Los Angeles County's Natural History Museum

Those who love nature and history should visit Los Angeles County's Natural History Museum. This is the place of approximately 35 lakhs samples and artifacts, which is about 4.5 billion years of history. Here you will see exhibitions related to animals, pre-Columbian cultures, dinosaurs and much more.

Heaven for Food Enchanted - Dragon Loco

Dragon loco, which is known for its best Chinese food at affordable prices, is very popular among the food buffs. From comfortable seating to superb guests to Navajei, it keeps its customers happy in all areas. If you do not eat cooked rice in Chinese chicken salad, teriyaki chicken, orange chicken, chicken and broccoli in this restaurant, then understand that you are missing a lot.

Japanese American National Museum

Founded in 1992, the Japanese American National Museum is known for displaying 130 years of Japanese American history. Here is a compilation of moving mobile images with 8 mm home movies of 100,000 feet (30,000 meters) Japanese American people made from 1920 to 1950. Apart from this, you will find Japanese American history's clothes, artwork, photos and much more.

Visit to the Grand Park

As part of the Grand Avenue Project, Grand Park is one of the city's best outdoor attractions and is the main tourist attraction in Los Angeles and the top tourist attractions. Spread over 12 acres, it is located in the Citizens Center of Los Angeles, California. In this park you will see cool light, pleasant fountains and many greenery. 

~Patrick Mahony

Patrick Mahony on 5 places to visit in America

America from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Statue of Liberty is the center of attraction for all kind of visitors. There are some interesting places all over the country which are quite spectacular.  There is no shortage of unique extravagant sights in the US. Let's look at 5 such great places described by Patrick Mahony :

• Fremont Troll

Hiding under a bridge in Fremont district of Seattle, Washington, this troll has been a scary place since 1990. It was created by four local artists as part of a competition promoting urban renewal. Standing at an altitude of 5.5 meters, the huge bearded man has a statue of Volkswagen Beetle in one hand, while stopping by the other hand, appears to be moving out of the ground.

Fremont Troll has become the preferred destination for tourists coming from local people and from all over the world. The Fremont Troll is under a bridge in Seattle, Washington.

• Area 51

Without hearing the mention of the US Air Force's test site, Area 51, at a distance of 134 kilometers north of Las Vegas, Nevada, you can not watch the episode of Twilight Zone or any of the Sai-Fi movies. Scientists of science fiction readers and scholars of mysterious things believe that this area shelters the evidence of life on unknown flying objects (UFOs) and other planets. It is still a very secretive government active area. It is not permitted to tour the area 51 and also to park the vehicle.
You can enjoy alien theme-based gas stations, restaurants and gift shops on the surprisingly superhuman highway (also known as Nevada State Road 375). Enjoy this way of mysterious and amazing area of Nevada with the same sensation. It is known about this region that the aliens and their secrets hidden from outer space are hidden here.

• Car Heinz

You can not find anything unique and strange from Car Heinz. This is a replica of England's Stonehenge made of fully painted cars in western Nebraska. Located in the middle of the Prairie, 250 kilometers north of Cheyhan, Wyoming, Karhanges is truly the center of attraction "away from the populated areas".


• Valley of Death: Racetrack

Along with the California-Nevada border, the Valley of Death is famous for its stunning paradoxical landscape with national park, spinning sand dunes and high mountain peaks. The most scary bizarre part of the park's landscape is the racetrack. Located in the California part of the park, this section of the lake's dried floor looks like it is made of tiles.

Although no one has actually seen the rocks going on but their way is clearly visible. Scientists believe that these rocks run on the hot desert bottom, when the minimum temperature gets frozen and then melts in the hot sun, causing rocks (some of which weigh up to 270 kg). For decades, rocks running on the race track in Death Valley National Park have kept the scientists and visitors confused.

• Coral Castle

Florida is home to many great attractions and special wonders that draw tourists for decades. Located approximately 50 kilometers southwest of Miami, this castle was built by using Latvian rocker, Ed Leedskalnin, about 1,000 metric tons of coral reefs. The Florida native makes many types of speculation on the construction of this magnificent structure.


People believe that Leedskalnin has created it using superhuman powers. Because he built the palace without any machinery. It is now a museum recorded in the national document of historical places, which is open every day for tourists. Many local residents of Florida believe that the bizarre coral castle near Miami is the center of supernatural power.

~Patrick Mahony