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

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

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

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

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

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

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

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.