The magic's in the hole!

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

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

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

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

A large instrument played by the wind.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

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

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.