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All of the above is good. Balboa Park is great, many museums of all types (and I mean many), mostly close together. Which is good, because if you want to visit one museum but the wife and daughter aren't interested, they can walk to another one and leave you on your own.
The buildings are leftover from what was a rather large and grand international exposition in the 20s or 30s, and the buildings and decor are this weird-ass mix of fantasy Spanish Colonial and art-deco. I wandered around there once, in some of the lesser buildings that are now used for recreation by the city, and found things like a fountain/reflecting pool shaped like a giant V8 (part of the old Ford pavilion) and circuit diagrams inlaid in brass in some of the sidewalks. Good photo ops.
There used to be a streetcar from San Diego downtown that took you right to the border, and that might be of interest if you don't want to drive. But micah67 is probably correct in that you'll want guidance from a local.
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