A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

Check out a shovel along with your Shakespeare.

From buttons to beads, flounces to fripperies, this textile museum and shop honors the history of needlework.

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

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.

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

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

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

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

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.