A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

A working metal shop and venue for outrageous art and music shows in a former cannonball factory.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

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

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.