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If you’ve never visited the Golden Gate Bridge, here is your chance to experience it virtually.

In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave the go-ahead for vehicles to begin crossing what was, at the time, the world’s longest suspension bridge. In the 75 years since, the bridge has come to mean much more than transportation.

To celebrate the Golden Gate’s 75th anniversary, we’ve created a walking tour of San Francisco’s iconic structure. The map below uses Google Street View images to simulate a stroll across the bridge.

Press the “Play” button to start your journey from San Francisco, across the bridge and winding through the Golden Gate National Recreation area for a pleasant look back at the bridge and city. You can press “Pause” at any time to stop and look around.

If you liked what you saw, you can learn more about the Golden Gate Bridge below.

(Chuck Brown is photographed for the cover of the Washington Post Sunday Magazine in 2009. (MARVIN JOSEPH / THE WASHINGTON POST) ) “For me, the intensely local nature of go-go is a reminder that Washington is an actual place, not a political abstraction.”

— Eugene Robinson

With Chuck Brown’s passing, Washington feels less like Washington. As columnist Eugene Robinson explains to the uninitiated, go-go legend Chuck Brown didn’t just create a genre of music, he managed to create music tied to a place.

That ability to make lasting associations between places and music certainly isn’t unique to the “Godfather of go-go.” There are obviously other musicians whose sounds have come to define the streets and neighborhoods where their music is played.

Disco queen Donna Summer died at 63 and left behind a trove of popular music. During her career, Summer racked up three multi-platinum albums, 11 gold albums, five Grammys and 12 nominations, and had a Billboard hit in every year from 1976 to 1984.

Summer’s music remains a hit on YouTube where her performances and music videos have been viewed millions of times. Below, we count down her 10 most popular music videos posted to the video-sharing site (at the time this article was published). Several versions of the music video “Hot Stuff” have been uploaded to the site and have each been viewed several million times.

Have a favorite Donna Summer song or music video? Share it in the comments.

1. Hot Stuff: 7.3 million+ views

Looking for more on Mitt Romney’s bio? Post reporter Jason Horowitz has an in-depth look at the formative prep school years of the presumptive Republican nominee for the 2012 presidential election.

Romney’s friends recall him as a bit of a prankster, who could sometimes take things too far. Specifically, there is a story about him leading a plan to cut the blond hair of a student who was presumed to be homosexual.

So, we ask: Are Mitt Romney’s actions in high school, however objectionable, relevant to his campaign? Read an excerpt of the story below and vote in our reader poll and expand in the comments.

President Obama endorsed same-sex marriage in an interview with ABC News’ Robin Roberts on Wednesday. This immediately set off a flurry of reactions on Twitter. See below for a quick take on how people are reacting.

Share your reactions in the comments below or make your case on our debate page.