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

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

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

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

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

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

The timepiece that exonerated a labor radical accused of a parade bombing that killed ten people.

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

Abandoned landscape once home to "the world's largest winery."

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

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

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

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

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

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."