Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft perfume fragrances.

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

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

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

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

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

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

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

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

Antiques by the Bay.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

A large instrument played by the wind.

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

Subterranean house made out of a grain silo, located in the Santa Cruz Mountains.