Places ciffergan Wants to Go

An ever-updating collection of retro Americana.

On the summer solstice each year, shadows align with a 14,000 square foot painting to reveal a secret message.

Outsider art or homage to aliens?

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.

A blend of sporting history mixed with childhood nostalgia await visitors to this museum.

This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.

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

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

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

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

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

Check out a shovel along with your Shakespeare.

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

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

A celebration of once forgotten materials.

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

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

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

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.