The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

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

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

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

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

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

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Antiques by the Bay.

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

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

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

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

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

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.