The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.

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

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

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.

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

Abandoned landscape once home to "the world's largest winery."

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

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

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

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

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

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

The oldest Naval cemetery on the West Coast.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

The timepiece that exonerated a labor radical accused of a parade bombing that killed ten people.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

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

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

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

The final resting place of a woman who never gave up on love.

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