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About Wells Fargo Museum

The Wells Fargo History Museum is a museum operated by Wells Fargo in its corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California that features exhibits about the History of Wells Fargo. It includes original stagecoaches, photographs, gold nuggets and mining artifacts, the Pony Express, telegraphs and historic bank artifacts. The museum was initially known as the Wells Fargo History Room when it opened in 1927 in San Francisco. In 1935, a museum was opened for public tours.

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Transamerica Pyramid

Transamerica Pyramid

0.2km from Wells Fargo Museum

This is a 48-story futurist building and the second-tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline. It was the tallest building in San Francisco from its inception in 1972 until 2018.

Angel Island Capital

Angel Island Capital

0.29km from Wells Fargo Museum

Angel Island is the largest natural island in the San Francisco Bay, offers some of the best views of the surrounding Bay Area. It has been used by humans for a variety of purposes, including seasonal hunting and gathering by indigenous peoples, water and timber supply for European ships, ranching by Mexicans, United States military installations, a United States Public Health Service Quarantine Station, and a U.S. Bureau of Immigration inspection and detention facility.

Chinatown San Francisco

Chinatown San Francisco

0.48km from Wells Fargo Museum

This is the oldest Chinatown in North America and the largest Chinese enclave outside Asia.

City Lights Booksellers & Publishers

City Lights Booksellers & Publishers

0.58km from Wells Fargo Museum

City Lights Books is a landmark independent bookstore and publisher that specializes in world literature, the arts, and progressive politics. It was founded in 1953 by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Peter D. Martin. It offers three floors of new-release hardcovers and paperbacks from all major publishers, as well as a large selection of titles from smaller, independent publishers

Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar

Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar

0.67km from Wells Fargo Museum

The Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar is a restaurant and tiki bar in the Fairmont San Francisco hotel in San Francisco, California. Named after the South Pacific nation of Tonga, this dining and entertainment venue opened in 1945. The Tonga Room replaced the Terrace Plunge, an indoor swimming pool that was installed in the Fairmont in 1929. The pool was transformed into the Tonga Room's lagoon.

Top of the Mark

Top of the Mark

0.69km from Wells Fargo Museum

The Top of the Mark is a penthouse level bar located on the nineteenth floor of the Mark Hopkins Hotel on Nob Hill at California and Mason Streets in San Francisco, California. Located at the highest point of downtown San Francisco, on fog-free days the Top of the Mark has views of the financial district, Chinatown, North Beach, The San Francisco Bay, and of Grace Cathedral and Huntington Park.

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Des Moines County, located in the southeastern part of Iowa, is a region rich in history, culture, and natural beauty. As with many counties across the United States, tourism plays a crucial role in showcasing the unique attractions and experiences that this area has to offer.

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