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

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

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

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

A gap in the concrete has been transformed into a miniature playground for the mind.

After this former brothel closed, its interior remained almost frozen in time.

At this Oaxaca contest, artists turn purple produce into stunning depictions of saints, buildings, and La Pietà.