Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The magic's in the hole!

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

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

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.