Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

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

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft perfume fragrances.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

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

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

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

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.

A large instrument played by the wind.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.