A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.