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Have you been to Point Bonita on the other side of the Golden Gate? There's a lot of preserved military installations there, dating back to the 1850s. The area, due to the happenstance of being protected from development, is also a time-warp view of the California coast before the arrival of Euro-Americans! We were there once with our son's 4th grade field trip.

I think you're referring to the area that I know as the Marin Headlands. The installations over there are quite impressive, and much less visited.

That's the one! They called it Point Bonita--turns out that's the point at the very tip of the headlands, where the lighthouse is:
www.nps.gov/common/commonspot/customcf/apps/maps/showmap.cfm?alphacode=goga&parkname=Golden%20Gate
We stayed with the kids overnight in some sort of dorm accomodation. I remember specifically looking at the Nike site and thinking "That can't be historic--I was born then!" Of course, I didn't have a good camera in those days. I'd like to get back there with the Real Camera one of these days--