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.

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

Antiques by the Bay.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

A 1914 beaux arts auditorium that sat shuttered for 20 years, restored and reopened in 2026

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

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

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

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

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

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

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

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

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

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.