Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

Antiques by the Bay.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

An art collective teaching the more fiery, metal-y art forms.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

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

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

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

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

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

A hardware store Buddha statue installed to deter vandalism wound up attracting Vietnamese immigrants who came to pray.

Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.

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

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

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

This small oasis of flora and art was created in remembrance of a local auto business owner.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

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

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

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

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.