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

This small oasis of flora and art was created in remembrance of a local auto business owner.

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

An art collective teaching the more fiery, metal-y art forms.

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.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

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

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

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

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.

The former home of Victoria's first Lieutenant-Governor.

The world's only full-size replica of the research hut used by Douglas Mawson for his 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition.

A small troop of Japanese macaques live peacefully in the heart of this Tasmanian city.

A historical umbrella shop, whose owner started a craze for locally-made souvenirs.

A maze of underground tunnels beneath one of the most beautiful forts in Serbia.

Backwards hour and minute hands and a timing mechanism that fluctuates with the temperature led to this clock tower's local nickname.

The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

Try the alligator at this fondue spot, which has been catering to "lovers and hedonists" since 1967.