Off the Bart: 4 Things to Do in Lake Merritt, Oakland

We live in one of the most photographed cities in the world, but city dwellers have a tendency to forget the unparalleled, natural beauty sitting just outside the man-made structures of San Francisco proper. Here are the 10 best views in the Bay Area.
An afternoon at Shoreline looks like something straight out of a Georges Seurat painting, but this idyllic scene is really just a stop off the Caltrain in Mountain View.