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

Check out a shovel along with your Shakespeare.

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

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

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

The longest burning light bulb in the world.

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

This collection of hand fans doubles as a history of femininity.

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

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.

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

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.