A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

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

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

This mysterious series of teeny guerrilla installations sheds a whimsical light on street art in Oakland.

An abandoned convention space that has been left to the homeless and the radical.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Antiques by the Bay.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

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

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.