When you hear how much was at risk, it's amazing that the treasures that were recovered from Nazi looters ever survived the Second World War.

The most important works of art by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Botachelli, all the household names that people

around the world know, loaded onto trucks with no wrapping, no protective measures taken, sometimes

a tarp, but there were times that these works of art were moved and it was drizzling.

Robert Edsel of the Monument's Men Foundation updates us on the ongoing efforts to find and repatriate the art that went missing during the war.

For great cities to explore in the U.S. there's nothing like San Francisco.

Coming up, we get tips for exploring the sites from Market Street to Lands End.

Within seconds of getting out of the hustle and bustle of the city, you're at this beautiful,

where the city meets the sea really on the Pacific Ocean, and it's really extraordinary.

It's a local's guide to San Francisco and the greatest treasure hunt in history on today's

travel with Rick Steeves.

Stay with us.

On today's Travel with Rick Steeves, we'll get ideas for sightseeing in San Francisco at many of the places its residents like to show off for visitors.

A local guidebook author gets us started on 100 things to do in San Francisco a little later in the hour ahead.

Until the Second World War, it seemed no army had really thought of protecting the monuments and art treasures of a country when it's at war.

But the Allied Forces Monuments Man dedicated their efforts and sometimes their lives to

protecting the patrimony of the Western world.

Robert Edsel is the founder of the Monument's Men Foundation.

He's back with us right now and travel with Rick Steeves to tell us what's new with the efforts

to repatriate lost or looted treasures from World War II.

Robert's just released a new book.

It's the greatest treasure hunt in history, and it's aimed at sharing his story of the

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