An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

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

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

Handmade treasures from around the world.

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

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

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

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

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.