Portsmouth Square Playground

A small history museum with a current pinball exhibit, including a one of a kind machine made for the 1939 world’s fair.

A small volunteer-run history hall in Japantown. Reading-heavy, and better with older children.

A Chinatown alley the width of a hallway where two women fold cookies off a hot press by hand. Two minutes, a sample, and worth the detour.

The pointed tower on the skyline. The redwood grove and fountain in the park beside it are the part worth stopping at with kids.

Financial District hotel that hands toddlers through school-age kids a welcome tote with crafts.

Chinatown bakery famous for egg tarts; the line moves and the tarts are worth it with kids.