An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

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

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

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

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

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

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

A 6-mile-long lake created by an apocalyptic seismic event and the deadly chain reaction that ensued.

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.

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

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

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.