This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

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.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

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

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

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

The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.

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

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

If you are looking for a used Russian battery, Chinese Ham Radio or other electronic oddities this Flea Market is a good place to start.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

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

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

This Canadian island is a veritable garden of decay with countless abandoned structures dotting the landscape.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.