A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

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

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

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

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

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

This bakery sits on the site of the Black Panther Party's first headquarters.

This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.

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

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.