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

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

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

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

Dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

Subterranean house made out of a grain silo, located in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

Half of a house.