Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

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

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

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

Handmade treasures from around the world.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

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

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

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

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

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

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

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

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

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

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