A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

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

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

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

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

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

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

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

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

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

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

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

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

Russian history in San Francisco.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

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

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

Historical trolley restoration and operation at History San Jose, Kelly Park.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.